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Dr. Jamal Abdullah, AJCS Researcher, Signs Book at Forum

Dr. Jamal Abdullah, a researcher at AlJazeera Centre for Studies specializing in Gulf Studies, signed his new book, “Qatar’s Foreign Policy 1995 – 2013: Leverages and Strategies”, on the evening of 26 May 2014, during the 8th AlJazeera Forum at the St. Regis in Doha. The book addresses how the country’s foreign policy has shifted over time and offers a conceptual analysis of the factors impacting this policy. The book is particularly timely since last year’s transition of power from former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Sheikh Tamim has...
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AlJazeera Centre for Studies Launches Media Studies Unit at Forum

AlJazeera Centre for Studies ended the first day of the 8th AlJazeera Forum by officially launching its new Media Studies unit during a gala dinner at the St. Regis in Doha. Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein, the Centre’s Director, and Dr. Mohamed Zayani, an Associate Professor of Critical Theory at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, preceded the dinner with remarks on the importance of such a research unit, not only for the Centre and for AlJazeera Media Network, but also for the Arab world at large.
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8th Al Jazeera Forum “Change in the Arab World: Where To?” Doha, 26-28 May 2014

Al Jazeera’s 8th Annual Forum will be held as Arab revolutions face formidable obstacles in their many paths to surviving the transitional phase and moving forward to build stable, free, democratic and just political systems. These sweeping changes are not confined to what has become known as the Arab spring countries, they have also impacted a number of other countries in the eastern and western parts of the Arab world and resulted in political and constitutional reforms with varying degrees of significance.
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Youth Platform’s Finalists

Two groups of youth have been selected to present their initiatives at the 8th Al Jazeera Forum which will be held in Doha May 26 – 28, 2014. The Youth Platform’s selection committee has announced that “Youth Proximity to Movements for Change in Arab Countries” and “Direction of Youth Change Movements Three Years After the Arab Spring,” will be presented during a youth-run component of the Forum. The first initiative was submitted by Alhusayn Alsagheer Mahmoud, Abdulrahman Uthman Mohammed Marar, Mohamed Ali Alrihani and Fatima Altumi from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, respectively. The...
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AlJazeera Centre for Studies Reveals 8th AlJazeera Forum Agenda

(From left to right) Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein, Director of Al Jazeera Centre for Studies and Head of the Oganising Committee for Al Jazeera Forum 2014, speaking at the press conference and Dr. Ezzeddine Abdelmoula, President and Vice President of the Organising Committee. AlJazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) held a press conference the morning of 19 May 2014 at its headquarters to announce the 8th AlJazeera Forum’s schedule and reveal the guest list. Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein and Dr. Ezzeddine Abdelmoula, President and Vice President of the Organizing Committee, discussed the forum’s theme, “Change...
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