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Revolution in the Middle East with Dalia Ziada, Mohammed Eljahmi, Mahmoud Salem, Lina Ben Mhenni, Charles Super

A panel including Tunisian blogger and activist, Lina Ben Mhenni; award-winning Egyptian blogger, activist, and writer, Mahmoud Salem; journalist and international affairs commentator specializing in Middle Eastern history and politics, Charles Super; and one of Egypt’s leading human rights activists, Executive Director of the Center for Middle East and East Mediterranean Studies, and Chairperson of the Liberal Democracy Institute, Dalia Ziada, address the 3rd Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see below for full prepared remarks.

 

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Charles Super

Journalist and international affairs commentator, specializing in the Middle East

Dalia Ziada

Egyptian activist fighting for human rights and civil freedoms in the Arab World

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