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Origin Africa
Egypt
Kind of Event conference, panel discussion
Title
 Criticism and Self-Criticism
Intellectuals in Egypt after September, 11
Admission fee Free entrance
Date 29.04.2002
Start 19:00
crossroads Islam, death, globalisation, history, identity, tradition, war
Seen from the Egyptian point of view, criticism of the "West” is mainly referring to US foreign policy and self-criticism means Arab players. This includes Al Qaida and Bin Laden, but in a more general way also social actors in the Arab world, in particular intellectuals and politicians in Egypt.

We will invite three guests representing different positions in Egypt in order to map the debate after September, 11. It will become evident that for intellectuals in the Arab world – whether Muslim or not and no matter what they think about Islamic faith – it is hard to imagine that the struggle for the "Good” can be organised in solidarity and jointly with the United States of America. This is not because of lacking criticism with respect to international terrorism, but due to a lack of trust with respect to the USA.
Author: Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Moderation:

Ahmed Abdallah, Historian, Political Scientist, Cairo
Discussants:
Mohamed Sayyed Said,
Political Scientist, Al-Ahram Strategic Center, Cairo Institute for Human Right Studies

Dalia Yousef,
Editor of "Islamonline", Cairo

Questioning from Germany: Werner Schiffauer,
Professor, Anthropologist, University of Frankfurt / Oder


German - Arabic simultaneous interpretation
Contact: Peter C. Seel seel@hkw.de