{"id":915,"date":"2011-02-09T23:39:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T23:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/bohmerp\/?p=915"},"modified":"2011-02-09T23:39:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T23:39:36","slug":"forum-on-uprising-in-egypt-tunisia-and-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/forum-on-uprising-in-egypt-tunisia-and-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum on Uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHANGE IN\u00a0 LOCATION:\u00a0 Tuesday, Feb. 15<sup>th<\/sup> Egypt Event \u00a0MOVED to Washington State Labor Council , 906 Columbia SW, \u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> floor (9<sup>th<\/sup> and Columbia), \u00a0downtown Olympia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel Discussion: <\/strong><strong>The Struggle for Democracy and Justice in Egypt, Tunisia, the Middle East and North Africa: \u00a0People\u2019s Victory, and What is Next! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, February 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 7:00-9:30 P.M.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>at \u00a0the Washington State Labor Council, 906 Columbia SW, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> floor (9<sup>th<\/sup> and Columbia), \u00a0downtown Olympia <\/strong>(<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION<\/span>). It is a bigger space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sparked in late December, 2010 by the Tunisian revolt, a wave of uprisings has spread rapidly across North Africa and the Middle East, capturing the attention and imagination of the world. In this unfolding and continuing wave of resistance, the popular upsurge in Egypt that has caused \u00a0the three decade old dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak to crumble. Mubarak\u2019s forced resignation and the victory of the January 25<sup>th<\/sup> Revolution is of world historic significance. \u00a0The courage of the Tunisian and Egyptian protesters is truly inspiring. Join us for a panel discussion focusing on the roots and dynamics of this uprising and of the new social movements in Egypt and the region, up to date information about what is happening, possible implications and future possibilities for Egypt and other countries including Palestine-Israel, and the U.S. role and interests there.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers will include <strong>Savvina Chowdhury<\/strong> (Evergreen professor of feminist economics), <strong>Hassan Ziada<\/strong> (born in Alexandria, Egypt; presently an adjunct faculty at Washington State University, and Imam at the Islamic Center of Tri-Cities), <strong>Steve Niva<\/strong> (Evergreen professor of international political-economy and Middle East studies), and <strong>David Price<\/strong> (St. Martin\u2019s professor of anthropology and sociology). All the speakers have studied Egypt, and lived and traveled there. \u00a0Following their presentations, we will open up the space for questions and discussion.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, email:\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:j_bhill@hotmail.com\">j_bhill@hotmail.com<\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0 phone 253-334-8871<\/p>\n<p>or me, peterbohmer@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHANGE IN\u00a0 LOCATION:\u00a0 Tuesday, Feb. 15th Egypt Event \u00a0MOVED to Washington State Labor Council , 906 Columbia SW, \u00a03rd floor (9th and Columbia), \u00a0downtown Olympia Panel Discussion: The Struggle for Democracy and Justice in Egypt, Tunisia, the Middle East and North Africa: \u00a0People\u2019s Victory, and What is Next! Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 Time: 7:00-9:30 P.M. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/forum-on-uprising-in-egypt-tunisia-and-the-middle-east\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forum on Uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and the Middle East<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/peterbohmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}