BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31184@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230601T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230601T173000 DTSTAMP:20230531T151050Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/csids-21st-annual-conference-why-th e-us-should-support-democracy/ SUMMARY:CSID's 21st Annual Conference - Why the US should Support Democracy ? DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\n \;\n\nThe CSID Annual Conference is the international conference on Islam &\; Democracy\, held in Washington D C\, attended by experts &\; policymakers.\n\n \;\n\nTentative Progr am\n\n8:45 - 9:0150 Registration &\; Continental Breakfast\n\n9:15 - 9: 30 am Opening Remarks\n\nProf. Asma Afsaruddin - Chair of the CSID Board\ n\nProf. Dalia Fahmy - Chair of the Program Committee\n\n \;\n\n9:30 - 11:00 AM - PANEL 1:\n\nThe Cost of Authoritarianism: Assessing U.S. Mide ast Policy over the Long Term\n\nModerator: Dalia Fahmy - Associate prof essor of political science\, LIU Brooklyn\n\n \;\n\nShadi Hamid - Sen ior Fellow\, Brookings Institution\n\nSarah Leah Whitson - Executive Dire ctor\, Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN)\n\nWa’el Alzayat - CEO\, Emgage\n\nIsmail Numan Telci\, Vice President\, Center for Middle eastern Studies\, ORSAM\, Turkey\n\n \;\n\n11:00 - 12:00 PM - PANEL 2:\n\nMid dle East Authoritarianism and the subversion of Western democracy\n\nA Con versation with David Kirkpatrick\n\nThe New Yorker Magazine\n\nModerator:  Nader Hachemi\, Director\, The Center for Middle East Studies\, Universi ty of Denver\n\n \;\n\n12:00 - 1:30 PM - Keynote Luncheon\n\nKeynote S peakers:\n\nDamon Wilson - President\, National Endowment for Democracy ( NED)\n\nAmaney A. Jamal - Dean\, Princeton School of Public and Internati onal Affairs\,\n\nPrinceton University\n\nModerator:  Radwan Masmoudi\n\n Founder and President\, Center for the Study of Islam &\; Democracy\n\n  \;\n\n1:30 - 3:00 PM - PANEL 3\n\nPolitical Islam and Democracy:  A 45-year Retrospective\n\nModerator:  Dan Brumberg\, Georgetown University \n\nPOLITICAL ISLAM: MORE THAN ISLAMISM\n\n \;\n\nJocelyne Cesari - V isiting Professor of Religion\, Violence\, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Di vinity School\n\nEnnahdha and Tunisia’s Transition: A Forensic Look at W hat Went Wrong\n\nMonica Marks - Professor of Middle East politics at New York University\, Abu Dhabi\n\nIslam and Democracy: Lessons learnt from t he “Arab Spring”\n\nAndrew March - Professor of Political Science\, U niversity of Massachusetts\, Amherst\n\nDeina Abdelkader - Assoc. Profess or\, Political Science Dept.\, University of Massachusetts Lowell\n\nTunis ia Still Survives…?\n\nWilliam Scott Harrop - Doctoral candidate\, Depa rtment of Politics\, University of Virginia\n\nConsolidating Democracy in Tunisia: Uncertain Future for Democratic Institutions and the Role of the United States\n\n \;\n\n3:00 - 3:15 PM Coffee and tea break\n\n3:15 - 4:45 PM - PANEL 4\n\nThe Role of Islamic Values in Building a Just Society and Political System\n\nModerator:  Asma Afsaruddin - University of Ind iana\n\nWhat Does Islam Really Say about the Rights\, Status and Behavior of Women? The Interpretations of Islam Embraced by Ordinary Muslim Citizen s in the Arab World\n\nMark Tessler - Professor of Political Science\, Un iversity of Michigan\n\nHow Islamic values can contribute to building a fr ee society\n\nMustafa Akyol - Senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Cente r for Global Liberty and Prosperity\n\nInheritance Laws and the Limits of (and Prospects for) Gender Equality in the MENA\n\nYoussef Chouhoud - Ass ist. Professor\, Political Science\, Christopher Newport University\n\nWha t Explains Voter Preferences in Tunisia's Transitional Elections?\n\nLinds ay Benstead - Director\, Middle East Studies Center\, Portland State Univ ersity\n\nWHY DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE ARAB WORLD IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BALKA NS?\n\nMarko Veković - Professor and Executive Editor Politics and Relig ion Journal\, Belgrade\, Serbia\n\n \;\n\n4:45 PM - 5:30 PM - Keynote Speech\n\nA Message from Tunisia:\n\nThe Role of the International Communi ty in Defending and Supporting Democracy in Tunisia\n\nSheikh Rached Ghann ouchi\n\nFormer Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament 2019-2021\n\nSpeech by Ahmed Gaaloul\, Member of the Executive Committee of Ennahdha\, on Behalf of Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi\n\n \;\n\n5:30 pm - Closing Remarks\n\n--- -----------\n\nCo-Sponsored by:\n\nEmgage\n\nMuslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)\n\nThe Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding\, Georgetown Univ ersity ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/05/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_496520969_150621569836_1_original.jpe g CATEGORIES:Arab,Arab American LOCATION:The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel\, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washin gton\, DC\, 20036\, United States GEO:38.9044884;-77.04018559999997 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1127 Connecticut Ave NW\, W ashington\, DC\, 20036\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Mayf lower Renaissance Hotel:geo:38.9044884,-77.04018559999997 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR