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SUMMARY:2025 Said Symposium
DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\nThis is an in-person event hosted by the Pea
 ce\, Human Rights\, and Cultural Relations (PHRCR) department. Coffee/Lunc
 h will be served.\n\n\nThe 2025 Said Symposium\, “The Middle East: Strug
 gles for Justice\, Rights\, and Peace Amid Mass Atrocities and Military In
 terventions\,” to be held on November 19-20\, 2025\, honors Dr. Abdul Az
 iz Said’s legacy by convening scholars\, activists\, and policymakers to
  explore paths towards justice and peace in the region. Through panels\, k
 eynotes\, and dialogues\, the two-day conference examines both how interna
 l dynamics such as authoritarianism and political Islam intersect with ext
 ernal forces and global power structures\, and how struggles for peace and
  human dignity confront these forces.\n\nSome of the key questions this ye
 ar’s Said Symposium hopes to explore include:\n\n· Where does the promi
 se of Syria’s transition lie?\n\n· What are the key obstacles facing Sy
 ria’s transition\, and how can they be maneuvered?\n\n· What has been t
 he role of the media in representations of atrocities and aggression in th
 e region?\n\n· What have been the strengths and shortcomings of Global so
 lidarity movements for Palestine\, Syria\, Iran\, Yemen\, and other parts 
 of the region?\n\n· What have been the normative and tangible gains of pe
 ace\, justice\, and rights activism for Palestine\, Syria\, Iran\, and oth
 er parts of the region?\n\n· What can we consider to be (Global) Middle E
 astern actors’ role in preserving highly threatened international human 
 rights and humanitarian legal norms and institutions?\n\n· How can we def
 ine the military and geopolitical shifts taking shape in the region?\n\n·
  What were the political and normative dynamics at play in the recognition
  of Israeli mass atrocities?\n\n· Is there room for Peacebuilding at a ti
 me of genocide and mass atrocities?\n\n· How can we assess and understand
  the role and transformations of Islamist actors and political Islam in th
 e current moment?\n\nPRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:\n\nDay 1- November 19\, 2025: T
 ransitions\, Power\, and Resistance\n\n9:15 - 9:30 am - coffee\n\n9:30 - 9
 :50 am - Welcome\n\n10 am - 11:30 am - Session 1: Opportunities and Challe
 nges in Syria’s Post-Assad Transition\n\n11:45 am -1:00 pm- Session 2: A
 venues for Countering the Rise of Militarism as Geopolitics in the Middle 
 East\n\n1:15 pm - 2:15 pm- Lunch\n\n2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Session 3: Framing
  the Middle East: Media\, Power\, and the Politics of Perception\n\n 	Fire
 side Chat with Ayman Mohyeldin (MSNBC Anchor)\n\n\n 	Discussion on Digital
  Media\n\n4:45 pm - 5:45 pm - Session 4: Day 1 Keynote Address by Yassin a
 l-Haj Saleh\n\n---\n\nDay 2- (November 20\, 2025): Peacebuilding\, Human R
 ights\, and the Long Struggle for Justice\n\n9:15 am - 9:30 am: Coffee\n\n
 9:30 am - 11:00 am - Session 1: Gains\, Persisting Challenges\, and Lesson
 s from Global Middle East Struggles for Peace\, Justice\, and Rights\n\n11
 :15 am -12:45 pm- Session 2: Discussion with Noa Harell and Nimala Kharouf
 eh from Combatants for Peace: “Is There Room for Peacebuilding at a Time
  of Genocide and Mass Atrocities?”\n\n12:45 pm -1:30 pm-Lunch\n\n1:45 pm
  - 3:15 pm - Session 3: Critical Questions about Local and Global Mobiliza
 tion in Times of Mass Atrocities\, Authoritarianism\, and Imperialism in t
 he Middle East\n\n3:30 pm - 4:30 pm-- Session 4: Day 2 Keynote Address: Sa
 ri Hanafi\n\n4:45-5:30 pm- Session 5: Symposium Dialogue\n\nGET TICKETS HE
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