Events

Arab Spring - Arab Winter

Wednesday 20 January 2016 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Hosted by Ralph Miliband Programme “Progress and Its Discontents”

Old Theatre,

Speakers

Dr Alaa Al Aswany

Jack Shenker

Chair

Dr Robin Archer

Five years on from Tahrir Square, is Egypt's revolution still alive?

Dr Alaa Al Aswany (@AlaaAswany) is an award-winning novelist and prominent Egyptian activist.

Jack Shenker (@hackneylad) is an award-winning journalist and former Egypt correspondent for the Guardian. His new book is The Egyptians: A Radical Story.

Robin Archer is Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme at LSE.

The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEArabspring

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