Interview made by CEMOFPSC
This interview was made on the ocassion of the round table "An education of quality in the conflict area as a way of improving peace and integration"organised by CEMOFPSC
This interview was made on the ocassion of the round table "An education of quality in the conflict area as a way of improving peace and integration"organised by CEMOFPSC
This interview was made on the ocassion of the round table "An education of quality in the conflict area as a way of improving peace and integration" organised by CEMOFPSC
This event brought together some actors and witnesses as well as leading experts on the matter. They offered testimonies and analysis of this new situation in the Arab world that has surprised everyone for its fast extension and propagation.
This interview was made on the ocassion of the Round table " An education of quality in the conflict area as a way of improving peace and integration" organised by CEMOFPSC
The so-called "Arab spring" has focused on Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria, but has had an effect on other situations, such as the Palestinian unity effort, or the intensification of reform in other countries in the area. The common ground has been: fatigue of the population, regardless of ideological colour or form of State, in the absence or failure of reform will of their governments.
Minutes of the CEMOFPSC International Seminar
Minutes of the CEMOFPSC International Seminar
Indeed, our Middle East is "fragmented": many countries, and within these countries, many ethnical identities, many religions, and within the one religion many confessions. In the Arab Middle-East societies two religions, Islam and Christianity, are present and in the todays Middle East, after the creation of the State of Israel, the three monotheistic religions exist side by side and have their different respective role and influence on the society. Islam and Arabic language and culture are the basic common factor in the Arab societies of the Middle-East. At the same time, the potential of fragmentation is big given its religious and ethnical pluralism.
I consider this conference to be of special importance because it places the spotlight on the general issue of women and human rights in the Middle East. We are addressing the issue of the status of women in civil society as well as in the political sphere. We are speaking about equal opportunities.
It is very humbling to follow a talk like that of Claudette Habesch who brings us really to what is happening on the ground. One feels very frivolous sitting in London making pontification about the situation when one hears what is happening on the ground. But that is exactly what I am going to do; I am going to be frivolous and pontificate because I think it is important to be able to look at things from different perspectives. When it comes to policy and its implementation, one must separate between the thinking process, the strategy behind what we do, the policy process, which is what politicians say and the actual implementation on the ground.