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Al Jazeera Forum’s Seventh Session Predicts Future Scenarios in the Middle East

During the seventh session of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum, panellists stressed that change is inevitable in the Middle East, and that the current Gulf crisis will be resolved sooner or later, because its continuation is not in the interest of region. During the session, which was held on the second...

Al Jazeera Forum's Sixth Session Discusses Media Role during Crises and Transitional Stages

On the second day of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum, 29 April, the forum’s sixth session was held in collaboration with the Al Jazeera Public Liberties and Human Rights Centre under the title, “The media during times of crisis and transitional stages”. The session featured Yehia Ghanem, the Managing...

Special Session Discusses the Palestinian Issue at the 12th Al Jazeera Forum

The fifth session, held on the second day of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum, 29 April 2018, was dedicated to the Palestinian issue in the context of the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as the “deal of the century”. This session featured Ilan Pappe, Director of the European...

The Fourth Session of Al Jazeera Forum Discusses Regional and International Alliances in the Middle East

Experts and researchers underlined that the current Gulf crisis is increasing the vulnerability of the Arab world, adding that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is critically afflicted with disagreement and disorder. They referred to what they described as a painful state of affairs in which non-...

Booking Signing: Covering the Stories of Refugees

During the first day of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum, 28 April 2018, a book signing was held for Covering the Stories of Refugees by Arafat Madi. Published by the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in 2018, the book tackles the Islamic perspective of the issue of refugees, particularly since a large...

Al Jazeera Forum’s Third Session: Will There Be a Second Wave of Change in the Region?

The third session of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum addressed a key question: Will social and economic crises trigger a second wave of change in the region? It also discussed the extent to which social revolutions are linked to decline in reform in Arab societies, along with social phenomena that may...

The Forum’s Second Session: Iran and the Gulf between cooperation, competition and confrontation

The theme of the second session of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum was “Iran and the Gulf between cooperation, competition and confrontation”. Its speakers were Kayhan Barzegar, Director of the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies (CMESS) in Tehran; Abdullah Basil Hussein, Deputy Director of the...

Forum’s First Session: Outcomes and Potential Courses One Year After The Start Of The Gulf Crisis

The first day of the 12th Al Jazeera Forum kicked off with the first session, entitled “A year after the start of the Gulf crisis: outcomes and potential courses”. The session featured Dr Majed Al Ansari, Professor of Political Sociology at Qatar University; Dr Faisal Abu Sulaib, Associate...

Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer: The forum provides an opportunity to discuss regional issues honestly and identify and remedy the shortcomings

Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Al Jazeera Media Network, delivered the opening speech at the 12th Al Jazeera Forum entitled, “The Gulf, the Arabs and the World amid Current Developments”. The forum brought together political leaders, intellectuals, journalists and...

Al Jazeera Forum to analyse and discuss Gulf and Arab developments amid global changes

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) is organising the 12th Al Jazeera Forum this year under the title, “The Gulf, the Arabs and the World amid Current Developments”. The forum will be held in Doha on the 28th and 29th of April 2018 and will be attended by intellectuals, politicians, journalists...