special event In the Public Eye Media and Civil

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In the Public
Eye: Media and
Civil Society in
the Arab World                                                                                              (2nd St) Rashid Bin Al Maktoum St (Airport Road)




                                                                                                                                                                                             Muroor Road (4th St)



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                                                                                                                                                                             University
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Emirates Centre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    for Strategic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Studies & Research




January 22, 2009                          NYU’s Steinhardt School of
                                          Culture, Education and Human
                                                                                  Hussein Amin, Professor
                                                                                  of Journalism and Mass
                                                                                                                                                                           This event is free and open to
                                                                                                                                                                           the public.

5:00¬7:00pm
                                          Development travels to Abu Dhabi        Communication, American
                                                                                                                                                                           RSVP nyuad@nyu.edu or
                                          to host a roundtable discussion         University in Cairo
                                                                                                                                                                           tel. 02-406 9682
                                          and open dialogue on news and
Free and open to the public               civil society in the Arab world. This
                                          panel brings together international
                                                                                  Nabil Khatib, Executive Director,
                                                                                  Al Arabiya (Dubai)
                                                                                                                                                                           Seating is limited.
                                                                                                                                                                           For more information on this
                                          scholars and media practitioners,       Rami Khouri, Director, Issam Fares
                                                                                                                                                                           series see http://nyuad.nyu.edu
Al Mamoura Auditorium,                    including editors-in-chief and
                                          journalists from across the Arab
                                                                                  Institute for Public Policy and
                                                                                  International Affairs, American                                                          Directions to Al Mamoura

Al Mamoura Building                                                               University of Beirut                                                                     Auditorium, go to
                                          world. Panelists will consider the
                                                                                                                                                                           www.almamoura.ae/map.php
                                          fast-paced transformations of           Martin Newland, Editor-in-Chief,

Abu Dhabi                                 media in the region, and their
                                          relationship to social and political
                                                                                  The National (Abu Dhabi)
                                                                                  Lawrence Pintak, Director, Kamal
                                          change in Arab societies.
                                                                                  Adham Center for Journalism
                                                                                  Training and Research, American
                                                                                  University in Cairo
                                                                                  Mohamed Zayani, Associate
                                                                                  Professor, Georgetown University
                                                                                  School of Foreign Service in Qatar
New York University Abu Dhabi Institute