Takaful Third Annual Conference on Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement. June 4 6, 2013 Tunis, Tunisia. 1 P age

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1 Takaful 2013 Third Annual Conference on Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement June 4 6, 2013 Tunis, Tunisia 1 P age

2 Tuesday, June 4 All day Arrivals Wednesday, June 5 8:30 9:00 am Registration 9:00 10:00 am Opening Session Welcoming Remarks Barbara Ibrahim, Director, Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, AUC Nabila Hamza, President, Foundation for the Future Mounir Tabet, United Nations Resident Coordinator And United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative, Tunisia Keynote Speaker Hamadi Redissi, professor of public law, University of Tunis 10:00 11:15 am 11:15 am 12:45 pm Research Session One: Civic Engagement and Philanthropy Through a Transitional Lens: The Launch of Philanthropy in Transition Chair: Asma Nouira, President, The Tunisian Observatory For Democratic Transition Sociopolitical Transitions and Shifts in Philanthropic Practices in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia Sherine El Taraboulsi, Projects Manager, Regional Partnership on Culture and Development Prospects of Civil Society and Democratic Transition in Libya: Regional and Tribal Conflicts in Libya Ahmed Salah, Associate Director Of International Planning And Cooperation, Qatar Red Crescent A Scan of the Philanthropic Realm in Tunisia Post-Revolution AlMonji Zidi, Professor of Anthropology And Sociology, University of Tunis Practitioner Panel One: Models of Social Entrepreneurship: The Potential for Radical Social Change (sponsored by Silatech) Chair: Dina Sherif, Senior Adviser, Silatech Amr El Salanekly, co-founder, Educate Me Ahmed Zahran, chief executive officer, KarmSolar Christine Codsi, chief executive officer, Souk El Tayeb Rabee Zureikat, chief executive officer, Zikra 2 P age

3 12:45 2:00 pm Lunch Break 2:00pm - 3:15 pm Research Session Two: Political Engagement: New and Established Forms Chair: Bochra Belhaj Hmidi, Human Rights Activist, Tunisia The Role of New Media in Supporting Social Non-Movements in Egypt and Tunisia Fatima AlZahraa Abdel Fattah, Manager, Almasry Studies and Information Center Ideology and Collective Bargaining: Islamist Students in Post- Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia Mohammad Yaghi, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph Citizen Journalism and Public Space in the Post-Revolutionary Tunisia Odile Moreau, historian, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III; Associate Researcher, Center for Social History of the Mediterranean Islam Call of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as an Instrumental Peaceful Model in Building the Capacity of Peace and Putting an End to the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict Thuqan Qishawi, Development And Social Entrepreneur, National Voluntary Initiative; Areej Malki, Palestinian Political And Social Activist 3:15 4:15 pm Research Session Three: Mapping of Civil-Society Organizations in the Middle East and North Africa: Tunisia and Libya (sponsored by Foundation for the Future) 4:15 4:30 pm Coffee Break 4:30 5:30 pm Research Session Four: Philanthropy, Civic Empowerment and Political Mobilization Chair: Sana Ben Ashour, President, The Tunisian Association for Democratic Women The Role of Philanthropy in Political Action: Hamas's Political Model in Palestine Adnan Abu Amer, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Umma University In the Shadow of the Arab Uprisings: Complicacies in Writing About Emerging Forms of Charitable Engagement in Saudi Arabia in Light of the Arab Uprisings Nora Derbal, Doctoral Student, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies The Cedar Revolution: Youth Participation and Youth Organizations in Lebanon Post-Intifada Omar Bortolazzi, Fellow Researcher, History and Cultures Department, University of Bologna 3 P age

4 Thursday, June 6 9:00 10:00 am Practitioner Panel Two: Philanthropy for Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility Elie Abouaoun, Executive Director, Arab Human Rights Fund Moustapha Mikati, Head of Communications and Development, Arab Human Rights Fund Luma Hamdan, Executive Director, Arab Foundations Forum 10:00 11:00 am Research Session Five: The Role of Universities in Promoting Philanthropy and Civic Engagement Chair: TBC 11:00 11:15 am Coffee Break Voluntary Activities and Reform Projects in Arab Countries: Defending Academic Support for Waqf Tarek Abdallah, Associate Professor, Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University Western Research Centers and Philanthropy: Societal Partnerships and Lessons Learned Riham Khafagy, Assistant Professor, Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University The Role of Academia in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: A Case Study Collaborative Course Between AUB and AUC Rabih Shibli, Associate Director for Development and Community Projects, American University of Beirut Brooke Comer, Writing Instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Composition, AUC 11:15 am 12:30 pm Research Session Six: The Role of Waqf in Development Chair: Riham Khafagy, Assistant Professor, Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University The Role of Waqf in Achieving Socio-Economic Development: The Case Study of Egypt Amira Gado, Instructor, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Economics, Al- Azhar University Abla Bognana, Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University Mohamed Khider of Biskra The Philanthropic Potential of Islamic Finance in Egypt Clement Henry, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, AUC The Leading Role of Endowments in Supporting Social Entrepreneurship Kamel Mansouri, Professor, University Mohamed Khider of Biskra; Associate Researcher, Center for Applied Economic Research for Development Zakat and Economic Justice: Emerging International Models and Their Relevance for Egypt 4 P age

5 Noura Wahby, M.A. Public Policy, AUC Jennifer Bremer, Professor of Practice and Chair, Department of Public Policy and Administration, AUC 12:30 1:30 pm Research Session Seven: The Regulation of Civil Society Chair: Mahfoudh Amin, Expert In Constitutional Law 1:30 2:30 pm Lunch Break Nongovernmental Organizations and Their Political Participation Under Increasingly Restrictive Legislation: Post-Uprising Egypt Ahmed Alhamid, Co-Founder and Chair, Academy for International Development Middle East Legal and Regulatory Framework for Civil Society in Algeria Mabrouk Sahli, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Oum El Bouaghi The Tribal Dimension in the Arab Revolutions: A Comparison Between Yemen and Libya Mostafa Shafeq Allam, Head, Studies Unit, Almasry Studies and Information Center 2:30 4:00 pm Practitioner Panel Three: Arab Civil Society: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of Transition (organized by the Arab Institute for Human Rights) Abdel Basset Ben Hassan, President, Arab Institute for Human Rights Marwan Abi Samra, Governance Practice Leader for Arab States, Regional Bureau for Arab States, United Nations Development Programme 4:00 4:15 pm Coffee Break 4:15 5:15 pm Research Session Eight: Case Studies and Conceptual Issues Chair: Barbara Ibrahim, Director, the Gerhart Center 5:15-5:30 pm Closing Remarks Cultural Philanthropy and Art for Social Change in Post-Revolution Egypt Catherine Cornet, Researcher and Doctoral Candidate, University of Rome Tor Vergata and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Concept and Contestation: Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East Moritz Zyrewitz, Master Degree Candidate in Political Science, Private Law And Islamic Studies, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen Fulfilling a Historical Legacy: Turkey s Humanitarian Responsibility and Rhetoric in Syria Senem Cevik-Ersaydi, Assistant Professor, Ankara University 5 P age