September 12 - 9:00 AM – 12:00 AM January 1 - 9:00 AM – 12:00 AM
The Park Hyatt Hotel, 1201 24th Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20037
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MEI’s 2nd annual Egypt conference drew a capacity audience on September 12, 2014, at the Park Hyatt hotel in Washington. Three expert panels covered Egypt’s political reconciliation, progress toward economic reforms, and how youth are transforming themselves into the next generation of Egyptian leaders. Former Egyptian Foreign Minister HE Nabil Fahmy and Amb. Gerald Feierstein, principal deputy to Amb. Anne Patterson, delivered keynote addresses on the state of U.S.-Egyptian relations.
Introductory remarks Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin President, The Middle East Institute
Panel 1 – Reforming the State, Fostering Inclusion [TRANSCRIPT]
Dalia Fahmy Assistant Professor of Political Science, Long Island University, Brooklyn
Mohamed Salmawy President, Writer’s Union of Egypt, and former Undersecretary of State for Foreign Cultural Relations at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture
Samer Shehata Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Oklahoma, and editor of Islamist Politics in the Middle East: Movements and Change
Hala Shukrallah President, Al-Dostour Party
Moderated by: Michael Hanna Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Ahmed El Alfi Founder and Chairman, Sawari Ventures, and founder of Nafham
Ahmed Galal Managing Director, Economic Research Forum, and former Finance Minister of Egypt
Wael Gamal Columnist, al-Shorouk newspaper
Hanan Abdel Meguid Entrepreneur and Founder of Kamelizer
Moderated by: Shanta Devarajan Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region at the World Bank
Keynote Address with Ambassador Gerald Feierstein[TRANSCRIPT] Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Introduction by Wendy Chamberlin, President of The Middle East Institute
Keynote: Egypt’s Foreign Policy in a Time of Crisis: A Conversation with H.E. Nabil Fahmy[TRANSCRIPT] Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Introduction by Paul Salem, Vice President for Policy and Research at The Middle East Institute
Panel 3 – Engaging Youth in the Future of Egypt [TRANSCRIPT]
Adel El-Adawy King’s College London
Ibrahim El-Houdaiby Columnist, al-Shorouk and Ahram Online
Lina Attalah Editor-in-Chief, Mada Masr
Ramy Yaacoub Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Moderated by: Paul Danahar BBC’s Americas Bureau Chief
