AMEC will host a one-day symposium on 28 January 2014 to discuss possible futures for Egypt. It will bring together a number of prominent Egyptians who are now part of the opposition to the coup, as well as other commentators. The key issues to be discussed at the symposium include: circumstances surrounding the July 2013 coup; the role, mechanisms, influence and future trajectory of the 'deep state'; the opposition to the coup and the current state of repression; the military ‘road map’ and other scenarios for Egypt’s future.


DATE: 28 January 2014


TIME: 9:00am - 16:30pm


VENUE: Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria


 

Speakers include:

• Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Government of South Africa

• Yehia Hamed, Minister of Investments, Government of Egypt under President Mohamed Morsi

• Mahmoud Hussein, Secretary General, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt

• Ehab Sheha, Founder, al-Asala Party, Egypt

• Rodney Dixon, International Criminal Court barrister

• Daryl Glaser, Head, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand

• Chris Landsberg, SARChi Chair of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg
• Shamil Jeppie, Director,        Institute of Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town

Attendance at the symposium will be strictly by pre-registration only . To register email conference at amec.org.za (replacing at with @).