3 Years On: Challenges and Potentials of Egypt’s Transition

1. 3 Years On:
Challenges and Potentials
of Egypt’s Transition
Khaled Fahmy
is Professor and Chair of the Department
of History at the American University in
Cairo (AUC). He is a renowned expert in
Middle East studies, specialized in social
history of the 19th Century. Since the outbreak of the revolution in Egypt, Fahmy
has been active in campaigns against
torture, police brutality and for freedom
of information.
17 February 2014
18:15 – 20:00
Speakers:
Khaled Fahmy
Claudia Marti
University of Basel
Kollegiengebäude, Petersplatz 1
Hörsaal 120
Maurus Reinkowski
Maurus Reinkowski
is Professor of Islamic and Middle
Eastern Studies and head of the Department of Social Sciences at the University
of Basel. His field of specialization is the
history of the late Ottoman Empire and
the modern Middle East.
Moderation: Anita Müller, swisspeace
3 years after the fall of the Mubarak regime, it has become clear that Egypt’s road to democracy
is bumpy and long. What makes this transition so difficult? And what are the prospects for human
rights, democracy and security, in Egypt and the wider region?
This event will try to shed light on some of these questions. It will discuss the role of Islamist movements, the military and the revolutionary forces. It will analyze the main regional implications and
ask how Switzerland can support these countries’ transition to democracy and peace.
Claudia Marti
works as Senior Program Officer North
Africa at the Human Security Division of
the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign
Affairs. Previously, she worked as Human
Security Advisor for the FDFA in Libya
and Colombia, as well as Advisor for an
Indigenous people organization in the
Highland of Guatemala.