Why Egypt’s 2011 Uprising Has Failed to deliver on its Promise?

Why Egypt’s 2011 Uprising Has Failed to deliver on its Promise?

Friday, 23 January 2015 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Library Reading Room at the Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Speaker(s): 
Mr Tarek Osman (The author of Egypt on the Brink)
Chair: 
Dr Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College)
Series: 
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

MIDDLE EAST CENTRE FRIDAY SEMINAR SERIES: The state of Egypt, the State of Palestine

Tarek Osman, a political-economist focused on the Arab world,  is the author of the international bestseller “Egypt on the Brink” ; a regular contributor to Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Project-Syndicate, and the Cairo Review; the writer and presenter of the BBC’s major production “The Making of the Modern Arab World”; and the political counsellor of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) for the Arab world. Tarek has 16-years’ experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, direct investment, political-economy advisory, and social entrepreneurship. He studied at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. His twitter account is @TarekmOsman.