ANSD the Arab Network for the Study of Democracy

Thursday, December 17 at 7pm (Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo), 6pm (Paris):
Ahdaf Soueif, Khaled Mansour, Nessryne Jelalia and Ziad Majed will discuss 10 years of revolutions, counter revolutions, deceptions, hopes and solidarity in the Arab World.
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"Many sources—academic, journalistic and political—have noted the global decline in trust of institutions of democratic governance and the professionals who work for those institutions.
What obstacles has this public distrust created for you in your work, and how have you reacted to overcome those obstacles?"
Ziad Majed (Lebanon/France), Bishal Dahal (Nepal), Roberto Saba (Argentina), Nadia L. Aïssaoui (Algeria/France) and Denis Makarov (Russia) try to answer.
Kettering Foundation

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