Plenary Sessions

First Al Jazeera Forum Panel Discusses the Way Forward for the Arab World

The “Regional and International Scope of Conflict in the Arab World” panel session started promptly after the third key note speech of the morning.

Tawakkul Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Yemen, spoke of the importance of organisations like...

Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy in the Arab World

In a concluding session entitled " Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy in the Arab World " on the final day of the 9th Al Jazeera Forum, researchers, members of parliaments, and directors of centers addressed the prospects of democracy in the Arab world and the outcomes of the Arab...

The Regional and International Scope of Conflicts in the Arab World

The Arab world is facing challenging conflicts whose causes and manifestations vary and which have been exacerbated following the eruption of the Arab Spring. Some of these conflicts took violent turns and had profound effects on the lives of the peoples in the region as well as threatened...

The Role of Media in Conflicts

Multiple factors combine to augment conflicts or contribute to their containment. In each case, the media play several roles that vary in significance. With advanced telecommunications and development in the international means of communication, the role of the media has grown substantially in...