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Sunday, March 10 • 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Phones in the Field: Technology Fosters the Arab Spring

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The flowering of democracy is revolutionizing life in the Arab world and elsewhere. The technological revolution is mobilizing people, especially youth, as never previously seen. How has the powerful combination of idea and technology actually been used in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and Yemen? This Skype-enabled session will bring together young activists from various countries who will discuss the successes, limitation and future of Phones in the Field. This workshop will take place on Sunday, March 10th from 1:30-3:00pm prior to Tawakkol Karman’s address. 

Moderators
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Joseph B. Underhill

Assoc. Professor and Chair, Political Science Department; Director, International Relations Program, Augsburg College
Joseph B. Underhill is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department and Director of the International Relations program at Augsburg College.  He also helped start and now teaches courses in the Environmental Studies and Peace & Global Studies programs there.  He... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Chamsseddine Abdelhafidh

Chamsseddine Abdelhafidh

Virtual contributor
Chamsseddine Abdelhafidh is currently a Tunisian young conceptualizer at Memac Ogilvy Label. He is a SUSI and NESA alumni, two US Department of State Exchange programs where he studied Social Entrepreneurship in Miami University of Ohio and in Grand Valley State University in Grand... Read More →
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Farea Al-muslimi

Virtual contributor
Farea Al-muslimi is a 22 years old Yemeni Youth Activist and Writer. He is a regular writer and co-founder of many local youth initiatives since 2007. Recently, he graduated from The American University of Beirut Majoring in Public Policy and Minoring in Human Rights & Transitional... Read More →
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Waleed F. Mahdi

Local contributor
Waleed F. Mahdi is a PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Minnesota, and is a student of development studies & social change at the university’s Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change. He is a Fulbright scholar and a MacArthur fellow with research... Read More →
avatar for Abdelrahman Mostafa Ibrahim Mohamed

Abdelrahman Mostafa Ibrahim Mohamed

Virtual contributor
Abdelrahman is a sixth year Medical student at Facility of Medicine, Cairo University and a team leader at Life Makers NGO, one of the biggest NGOs in Egypt which is leading social entrepreneurial and sustainable development projects. In April 2008 he helped found the "6 April Youth... Read More →
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Afrah Nasser

Virtual contributor
Afrah Nasser is a freelance writer and blogger since 2010 focusing on women's rights, democracy, and politics of Yemen. In April 2011, her blog has been featured as one of the 10 must-read blogs from the Middle East by CNN.com, in October 2012 the blog has been featured at no. 3 among... Read More →
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Alaa Abd Elrahman Obeida

Virtual contributor
Alaa Abd Elrahman Obeida is currently studying Medicine at Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty, Cairo University and is the founder and coordinator of EYouth Initiative funded by U.S. State Department Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund through an international competition. Mr Obeida is also the executive... Read More →
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Abrar A. Rageh

Local contributor
Abrar A. Rageh is an American-Egyptian junior scientist in ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. She is socially and politically active locally, nationally and internationally. Despite her presence in Minnesota during the start of the “Arab Spring," her ties to the Arab... Read More →
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Omar El Zoheiry

Local contributor
Omar El Zoheiry is a Macalester College senior with majors in Political Science, Economics, and International Studies. Since the Arab Spring, Omar has been very active in studying the changing political landscape in the Middle Eastern and in advancing Egyptian democratization. In... Read More →

Sunday March 10, 2013 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Christensen Center: Marshall Room, Augsburg
  Panel Discussion with Q&A

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