Scholars to discuss Egyptian uprising
Date: 2011-02-08
Contact: Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations
Phone: (510) 643-7944
Email: yanwar@berkeley.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY
ATTENTION:
International affairs and editorial writers, general assignment desks

WHAT: A panel of scholars from the University of California, Berkeley, and other institutions will discuss the pro-democracy protests in Egypt. The event, "Egypt: Reflections on the Uprising," is being hosted by UC Berkeley's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

WHEN: Tomorrow, Feb. 10, 6:45-8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Wurster Auditorium, 112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley. See campus map at www.berkeley.edu/map/.

WHO:

  • Nezar AlSayyad, chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
  • Charles Hirschkind, associate professor of anthropology, UC Berkeley
  • Saba Mahmood, associate professor of anthropology, UC Berkeley
  • Moustafa Bayoumi, associate professor of English, City College, New York
  • Yasmeen Daifallah, graduate student in political science, UC Berkeley
  • As'ad AbuKhalil, professor of politics, at CSU Stanislaus