The Arab Spring: Between the Freedom of the Future and the Shackles of the Past
Abderrahim Foukara
Washington Bureau Chief
Al Jazeera
Halle Speaker Series
Friday, February 17
Winship Ballroom
Dobbs University Center
Emory University
As part of the Halle Speaker Series, Al Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara delivered a public lecture about the Arab Spring at Emory University on February 17.
Until recently, anyone suggesting that an Arab country such as Egypt would be ruled by anyone other than the now-deposed President Hosni Mubarak or his son Gamal would have been labeled either a lunatic or a believer in miracles. The so-called Arab Spring has delivered some miracles in some places, though it has also been nothing short of a painful and bloody labor of freedom in others. So, how much fruit will the Arab Spring's tree ultimately yield?
About Abderrahim Foukara
Foukara is Al Jazeera's Washington bureau chief and host of Min Washington, a weekly roundtable show on American political and cultural affairs. He first joined Al Jazeera in 2002 as a Washington-based reporter before becoming head of its United Nations office.
Foukara arrived at Al Jazeera from the BBC, where since 1990 he worked as a producer, reporter, anchor and journalism instructor in various departments including Arabic, English, African and World Service Journalism Training. In 1999, he joined The World, a co-production of the BBC, Public Radio International, and GWBH Boston as an Arab world affairs reporter. In 2001, he continued to report for the BBC in London out of D.C. while also serving as a senior editor for All-Africa.com, the world’s largest provider of African news and analysis.
He was born in Morocco, where he completed a B.A. in English before moving to the U.K., where he completed a Ph.D. in African studies.
Foukara's visit was co-sponsored by the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies.
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