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The Arab Springs Ten Years Later: Social, political and economic challenges
From February 10, 2021 until February 12, 2021Check dates and times for each round table.
ONLINE
Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel and the UCM platform on Meeting.
Check dates and times for each round table.
This scientific congress will be held from February 10 to 12 to analyze
and discuss the dynamics and prospects of the profound changes
experienced by the region in recent years.
The opening session and plenary meeting can be watched live on Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel. For the rest of the sessions, you will have to sign into the Complutense University of Madrid’s platform on Meeting (see links in the program).
Organized by the R&D project “Resilience of Authoritarianism: The clash between Islamisms and the intensification of sectarianism in the Middle East and North Africa” (CSO2017-86091-P), the UCM’s Arab and Islamic Studies Section om the Department of Linguistics, Arab and Hebrew Studies and East Asia, the Complutense Institute of International Studies and Casa Árabe. The congress is being held with the cooperation of five other research projects, with consultation by a scientific committee of 27 professors and researchers from universities and centers in Spain, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Qatar, in addition to the three scientific coordinators of the congress: Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño, Isaías Barreñada Bajo and Laura Mijares Molina, professors at UCM.
The more than 12 round tables and sessions will cover the following issues for two days: political change and authoritarian inertia in the region; domestic dynamics and foreign policy; political Islam; civil society and social change; gender, feminism and revolution; economic transformations, development and social justice; the international factor; the intensification of regional conflict; and culture, ending with the screening of a film as part of our series “Ten years After the Arab Springs,” organized by Casa Árabe with the cooperation of the streaming platform Filmin.
Congress brochure.
6:00-6:15 p.m. Opening event
Pedro Martínez-Avial, General Director of Casa Árabe
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, UCM
6:15 p.m. Opening conference
Prof. Gilbert Achcar (SOAS, London): “The Arab Spring Ten Years Later”
Prof. Hèla Yousfi (Université Paris Dauphine): “The Everyday Revolution in Arab Countries: Power of the weak”
Presented by: Laura Mijares (UCM) and Olivia Orozco (Casa Árabe)
Pedro Martínez-Avial, General Director of Casa Árabe
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies, UCM
6:15 p.m. Opening conference
Prof. Gilbert Achcar (SOAS, London): “The Arab Spring Ten Years Later”
Prof. Hèla Yousfi (Université Paris Dauphine): “The Everyday Revolution in Arab Countries: Power of the weak”
Presented by: Laura Mijares (UCM) and Olivia Orozco (Casa Árabe)
9:15-9:30 a.m. Congress opening event
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
Eugenio Luján, Dean of the School of Philology
Isabel Álvarez, Director of the ICEI-UCM
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, Congress Co-Director, UCM
9:45-11:45 a.m. Session 1
Plenary session: A Critical Look at the Arab Springs
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
Participants: Haizam Amirah Fernández (Real Instituto Elcano), Inmaculada Szmolka (UGR), Miguel Hernando de Larramendi (UCLM) and Isaías Barreñada (UCM)
12:00-2:00 p.m. Session 2
Round Table 1.1. Processes of Political Change in the Maghreb
Coordinated by: Inmaculada Szmolka (UGR)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Adil Moustaoui (UCM) and Nur Kouss Gutiérrez (UCM): “The Rif’s Hirak Movement: Continuing the Arab Springs, idiosyncrasy and discursive practices.”
- Raquel Ojeda García (UGR), “The influence of non-state actors on the Frente Polisario in terms of natural resource exploitation in the Western Sahara”
- Lucía García del Moral (UGR), “Anti-system Parties as Factors for Political Change: The case of Annahj Addimocrati in Morocco.”
- Beatriz Tomé-Alonso (Loyola University), “‘Interactive’ Regional Learning and Adaptation Process: The Moroccan regime and the PJD during and after the 2011 regional revolts.”
- Daniel Rivera (University of Miami), “Transitions in the MENA region: pitfalls and successes of the political change in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya”.
Round Table 4.1. Analysis of Political Islam
Coordinated by: Guadalupe Martínez (UGR)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Ahmed Balghzal (Université Mohamed V, Morocco), “Dystopian Utopias: la al-ḥadāṯa al-ma’ṭūba in political Islamism after February 20. (Morocco’s PJD as a model)”
- Mohamed Douief (UB), “The Moroccan Spring and the PJD’s Arrival in the Government in 2011: Ideological moderation and political centrism”
- Sergio Castaño Riaño (UVA), “The Persian Gulf Monarchies and Uncertainty About the Advancement of Political Islam"
- Elisa Nieto y Alejandra Amado (Posgrado UCM), ““Radicalization in Europe: the case of the Second-generation Muslims”
Round Table 6.1. Political representation and organizations
Coordinated by: Ángeles Ramírez (UAM)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Laura Mijares (UCM) and Ángeles Ramírez (UAM), “Beyond Feminism: Women’s mobilizations and the Arab Spring in Morocco”
- Thierry Desrues (IESA-CSIC) and Ana Velasco (UEX): “Equality and Inequality Between Men and Women in Tunisian Associations in the Context of Democratic Transition”
- Ewa Strzelecka (UGR): “Women Under the Houthi Regime: Gender, Islam and nationalism”
- María Angustias Parejo (UGR) and Rajae El Khamsi (Muhammad V University): “The Government: Forbidden fruit for women in Morocco (1997-2020)”
4:00-5:45 p.m. Session 3
Round Table 1.2. Authoritarian Inertias in the Maghreb
Coordinated by: Isaías Barreñada (UCM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Mohand Tilmatine (UCA), “Referendum on the New Algerian Constitution of 2020: Interpretations and perspectives”
- Rania Belmadani (UV): “Political Change and Authoritarianism in Algeria: Change within continuity.”
- Federico Tosi (ISPI-Istituto per Gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), “The Uprise of Populism in Tunisia Demonstrates the Need for Renewal in the EU.”
- Francisco José Matías (UOC), Mario Gallego (Instituto de Educación Superior en Formación Diplomática y Consular, Dominican Republic) and Yago Rodríguez (UBU), “Libya: Reflection of a region”
- Álvaro Argüelles (UC3M graduate): “Libya Ten Years Later: Between authoritarianism and failed state.”
Round Table 4.2. Official Policies in the Face of Political Islam
Coordinated by: Laura Feliú (UAB)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Pedro Buendía (USAL) and Ibrahim Elassal (University of Helwan, Egypt), “Awqaf: A strategic ministry in contemporary Egyptian policy”
- Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán (UAM), “The Struggle for Political Islam’s International and Institutional Hegemony: Saudi Arabia’s renovated Wahhabism vs. Turkish and Malay-Indonesian Islamist claims”
- Carlos Méndez (University of Edinburgh), “Critical Reflection on the Study of ‘Sectarianism’: Contextualizing the growing visibility of global Shia Islam”
- Belén Torchiaro, “Islam as a Political Method of Hierarchy, Power and Religious Leaders with Egypt and Turkey as Examples”
Round Table 6.2. Feminist movements and other forms of activism
Coordinated by: Laura Mijares (UCM)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Cristina de Lucio Atonal (COLMEX): “Bodies Resisting the Language of Violence: The women of Syrian Kurdistan”
- Iraís Fuentes Arzate (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico): “Changes and Continuities in Urban Feminist Movements in Iran a Decade After the Green Movement”
- Said Chaya (Universidad Austral, Argentina): “Women’s Participation in the Political and Institutional Life of Lebanon: A study between two revolutions”
- Carmen Garratón Mateu (UGR): “Tunisian Women One Decade After the Revolution: Amid achievements and expectations”
- Begoña Etxenagusia Atutxa: “Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Arab Spring: Ups and downs in women’s rights around the Arab world, lies and truths”
6:15-8:00 p.m. Session 4
Round Table 3.1. Domestic Dynamics and Foreign Policy in the Arab/Persian Gulf and Yemen
Coordinated by: Ewa Strzelecka (UGR)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Ana Isabel González Santamaría (ESIC Business & Marketing School), “Ten Years After the ‘Arab Springs’: A new, more sustainable and inclusive model in the Gulf region?”
- Moisés Garduño García (UNAM, Mexico), “Emerging Geographies of Social Protest in Iran: Deconstructing the discourse”
- David Hernández Martínez (UAM), “Mohammed bin Salman’s vision in Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy”
- Leticia Rodríguez García (UGR), “The Role of Elites in Restructuring Qatar’s Foreign Policy: An approach based on the sociology of power”
- Victoria González Polanco, “Geopolitics of Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East”
Round Table 7.1. The International Factor: Theoretical approaches and the EU
Coordinated by: José Abu Tarbush (ULL)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- José Abu Tarbush (ULL), “The Middle East and North Africa in the Era of Competition Between Major World Powers”
- Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño (UCM), “Russia and the Middle East: From monopolar to multipolar world order”
- David Perejil, “Relationships Between the Arab Social Change Process and European Union Foreign Policy in Tunisia, Palestine and Lebanon”
- Víctor Manuel Amado Castro (UPV-EHU), “Relations Between the EU and Saudi Arabia: Dialogue between the deaf or primacy of mutual interests?”
- Eugenia Flores Sánchez, “The Palestinian Cause After Donald Trump’s Administration: An overlook of the last four years”.
Round Table 8.1. Regional Conflicts
Coordinated by: Irene Fernández-Molina (University of Exeter)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Mar Gijón Mendigutia (Valentín Foronda Institute of Social History, UPV-EHU), “The Palestinian Refugee Population After the Arab Spring: Between vulnerability and resistance”
- Javier Lion Bustillo (UCM), “Intractable Conflicts and Coercion: Netanyahu and the threat of partial annexation of the West Bank”
- Luis Alexander Montero Moncada (Universidad Nacional de Bogotá, Colombia), “Adverse Spring: A decade of invisibility in Palestinian-Israeli dynamics”
- Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal (TEIM-UAM), “The ‘Arab Spring’ in Palestine: Hirak al Shababi and the third post-Nakba generation”
- Martín A. Martinelli (Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina), “Palestine/Israel in the Face of the Arab Uprisings and Geopolitical displacement.”
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
Eugenio Luján, Dean of the School of Philology
Isabel Álvarez, Director of the ICEI-UCM
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, Congress Co-Director, UCM
9:45-11:45 a.m. Session 1
Plenary session: A Critical Look at the Arab Springs
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
Participants: Haizam Amirah Fernández (Real Instituto Elcano), Inmaculada Szmolka (UGR), Miguel Hernando de Larramendi (UCLM) and Isaías Barreñada (UCM)
12:00-2:00 p.m. Session 2
Round Table 1.1. Processes of Political Change in the Maghreb
Coordinated by: Inmaculada Szmolka (UGR)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Adil Moustaoui (UCM) and Nur Kouss Gutiérrez (UCM): “The Rif’s Hirak Movement: Continuing the Arab Springs, idiosyncrasy and discursive practices.”
- Raquel Ojeda García (UGR), “The influence of non-state actors on the Frente Polisario in terms of natural resource exploitation in the Western Sahara”
- Lucía García del Moral (UGR), “Anti-system Parties as Factors for Political Change: The case of Annahj Addimocrati in Morocco.”
- Beatriz Tomé-Alonso (Loyola University), “‘Interactive’ Regional Learning and Adaptation Process: The Moroccan regime and the PJD during and after the 2011 regional revolts.”
- Daniel Rivera (University of Miami), “Transitions in the MENA region: pitfalls and successes of the political change in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya”.
Round Table 4.1. Analysis of Political Islam
Coordinated by: Guadalupe Martínez (UGR)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Ahmed Balghzal (Université Mohamed V, Morocco), “Dystopian Utopias: la al-ḥadāṯa al-ma’ṭūba in political Islamism after February 20. (Morocco’s PJD as a model)”
- Mohamed Douief (UB), “The Moroccan Spring and the PJD’s Arrival in the Government in 2011: Ideological moderation and political centrism”
- Sergio Castaño Riaño (UVA), “The Persian Gulf Monarchies and Uncertainty About the Advancement of Political Islam"
- Elisa Nieto y Alejandra Amado (Posgrado UCM), ““Radicalization in Europe: the case of the Second-generation Muslims”
Round Table 6.1. Political representation and organizations
Coordinated by: Ángeles Ramírez (UAM)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Laura Mijares (UCM) and Ángeles Ramírez (UAM), “Beyond Feminism: Women’s mobilizations and the Arab Spring in Morocco”
- Thierry Desrues (IESA-CSIC) and Ana Velasco (UEX): “Equality and Inequality Between Men and Women in Tunisian Associations in the Context of Democratic Transition”
- Ewa Strzelecka (UGR): “Women Under the Houthi Regime: Gender, Islam and nationalism”
- María Angustias Parejo (UGR) and Rajae El Khamsi (Muhammad V University): “The Government: Forbidden fruit for women in Morocco (1997-2020)”
4:00-5:45 p.m. Session 3
Round Table 1.2. Authoritarian Inertias in the Maghreb
Coordinated by: Isaías Barreñada (UCM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Mohand Tilmatine (UCA), “Referendum on the New Algerian Constitution of 2020: Interpretations and perspectives”
- Rania Belmadani (UV): “Political Change and Authoritarianism in Algeria: Change within continuity.”
- Federico Tosi (ISPI-Istituto per Gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), “The Uprise of Populism in Tunisia Demonstrates the Need for Renewal in the EU.”
- Francisco José Matías (UOC), Mario Gallego (Instituto de Educación Superior en Formación Diplomática y Consular, Dominican Republic) and Yago Rodríguez (UBU), “Libya: Reflection of a region”
- Álvaro Argüelles (UC3M graduate): “Libya Ten Years Later: Between authoritarianism and failed state.”
Round Table 4.2. Official Policies in the Face of Political Islam
Coordinated by: Laura Feliú (UAB)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Pedro Buendía (USAL) and Ibrahim Elassal (University of Helwan, Egypt), “Awqaf: A strategic ministry in contemporary Egyptian policy”
- Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán (UAM), “The Struggle for Political Islam’s International and Institutional Hegemony: Saudi Arabia’s renovated Wahhabism vs. Turkish and Malay-Indonesian Islamist claims”
- Carlos Méndez (University of Edinburgh), “Critical Reflection on the Study of ‘Sectarianism’: Contextualizing the growing visibility of global Shia Islam”
- Belén Torchiaro, “Islam as a Political Method of Hierarchy, Power and Religious Leaders with Egypt and Turkey as Examples”
Round Table 6.2. Feminist movements and other forms of activism
Coordinated by: Laura Mijares (UCM)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Cristina de Lucio Atonal (COLMEX): “Bodies Resisting the Language of Violence: The women of Syrian Kurdistan”
- Iraís Fuentes Arzate (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico): “Changes and Continuities in Urban Feminist Movements in Iran a Decade After the Green Movement”
- Said Chaya (Universidad Austral, Argentina): “Women’s Participation in the Political and Institutional Life of Lebanon: A study between two revolutions”
- Carmen Garratón Mateu (UGR): “Tunisian Women One Decade After the Revolution: Amid achievements and expectations”
- Begoña Etxenagusia Atutxa: “Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Arab Spring: Ups and downs in women’s rights around the Arab world, lies and truths”
6:15-8:00 p.m. Session 4
Round Table 3.1. Domestic Dynamics and Foreign Policy in the Arab/Persian Gulf and Yemen
Coordinated by: Ewa Strzelecka (UGR)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Ana Isabel González Santamaría (ESIC Business & Marketing School), “Ten Years After the ‘Arab Springs’: A new, more sustainable and inclusive model in the Gulf region?”
- Moisés Garduño García (UNAM, Mexico), “Emerging Geographies of Social Protest in Iran: Deconstructing the discourse”
- David Hernández Martínez (UAM), “Mohammed bin Salman’s vision in Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy”
- Leticia Rodríguez García (UGR), “The Role of Elites in Restructuring Qatar’s Foreign Policy: An approach based on the sociology of power”
- Victoria González Polanco, “Geopolitics of Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East”
Round Table 7.1. The International Factor: Theoretical approaches and the EU
Coordinated by: José Abu Tarbush (ULL)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- José Abu Tarbush (ULL), “The Middle East and North Africa in the Era of Competition Between Major World Powers”
- Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño (UCM), “Russia and the Middle East: From monopolar to multipolar world order”
- David Perejil, “Relationships Between the Arab Social Change Process and European Union Foreign Policy in Tunisia, Palestine and Lebanon”
- Víctor Manuel Amado Castro (UPV-EHU), “Relations Between the EU and Saudi Arabia: Dialogue between the deaf or primacy of mutual interests?”
- Eugenia Flores Sánchez, “The Palestinian Cause After Donald Trump’s Administration: An overlook of the last four years”.
Round Table 8.1. Regional Conflicts
Coordinated by: Irene Fernández-Molina (University of Exeter)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Mar Gijón Mendigutia (Valentín Foronda Institute of Social History, UPV-EHU), “The Palestinian Refugee Population After the Arab Spring: Between vulnerability and resistance”
- Javier Lion Bustillo (UCM), “Intractable Conflicts and Coercion: Netanyahu and the threat of partial annexation of the West Bank”
- Luis Alexander Montero Moncada (Universidad Nacional de Bogotá, Colombia), “Adverse Spring: A decade of invisibility in Palestinian-Israeli dynamics”
- Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal (TEIM-UAM), “The ‘Arab Spring’ in Palestine: Hirak al Shababi and the third post-Nakba generation”
- Martín A. Martinelli (Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina), “Palestine/Israel in the Face of the Arab Uprisings and Geopolitical displacement.”
10:00-11:45 a.m. Session 5
Round Table 2.1. Political Change in the Mashreq
Coordinated by: Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán (UAM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Bárbara Azaola Piazza (GRESAM/UCLM), “Social Protest in the Context of Authoritarian Regression: The case of Egypt from 2016-2020”
- Matthieu Rey (CNRS-Paris), “Tocquevillian Approaches to Recent Syrian History”
- Basem Mahmud (UGR), “‘I hope that I can start a new life’: A new approach to understanding migration and uprisings in the Arab World”.
- Haizam Amirah Fernández (Real Instituto Elcano) and Sonsoles Dieste (Real Instituto Elcano), “Rentier States and the Challenges They Face: Political regimes, social contracts and stability in the Arab region”
- Joan Marc Ferrando (UV), “Prosecuting the Destruction of Cultural Heritage by Daesh in Syria”
Round Table 5.1. Civil society and Social Change
Coordinated by: Ana Planet (UAM)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Laurence Thieux (UCM), “Algeria’s Hirak Movement: The role of organized civil society and the challenge of structuring”
- José Manuel Moreno and Javier García Marín (UGR), “The Press’ Behavior on the Post-Arab Spring Stage”
- Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal (TEIM-UAM), “The ‘Arab Spring’ in Palestine: Hirak al Shababi and the third post-Nakba generation”[2]
- Marta González García de Paredes (UGR), “Youth Quotas in Morocco: A case study of political staffing”
- Aziz Ouragh, “The New Face of the Zawiya After the Arab Spring”
Table 7.2. The International Factor: Case studies
Coordinated by: Víctor Manuel Amado Castro (UPV)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- María Dolores Algora Weber (Universidad Francisco de Victoria), “The Impact of Arab Uprisings on the Foreign Outreach of Turkey, Russia and China”
- Juan Corona and Miguel Ángel Medina (Universidad Abat Oliba-CEU), “The International Community’s Role in Managing the Libya Conflict: Highs and lows”
- Adriano Alberto Smolarek and João Irineu de Resende Miranda (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Brazil), “Brazil’s Political and Strategic Implications in the Western Sahara Conflict”
- Pablo Sapag (UCM), “Latin America and the Syrian Crisis: A new opportunity to take on a role of its own in the Middle East”
12:00-2:00 p.m. Session 6
Round Table 2.2. Political Change and the Perpetuation of Authoritarianism in the Mashreq
Coordinated by: Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio (UCM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Antonio Basallote (US), “Peculiarities of the Palestinian Spring: From hope to the entrenchment of authoritarianism, Palestinian fragmentation and Israeli apartheid”
- Ethel Bonet (El Confidencial), “Lebanon’s ‘Autumn’: Is a new social revolution possible?”
- María González-Úbeda Alférez (TEIM-UAM), “Dynamics of Resistance to Social Change in Lebanon in the Context of the Revolution”
- Guadalupe Marychel Escandón Vara (UNAM, Mexico), “Syria Ten Years After Deraa: Taking stock in the face of the pandemic”
- Juan Carlos Castillo Quiñones (Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico), “Sectarianism, Security and Resilience of Social Protest in Post-Baathist Iraq”
Round Table 5.2. Civil Society and Social Change
Coordinated by: María Angustias Parejo (UGR)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Leila Nachawati Rego (UC3M), “The Arab Spring and Destruction of the Monopoly on Communications in the Middle East: The Syrian case”
- Naomí Ramírez Díaz, “Constructing Historical Memory in Syria”
- Nour Al Hussen Villa (USC), “The Role of Tribes in the Arab Spring: A renaissance or decline of tribalism in Syria?”
- Juseima Peregrina (UGR), “The Emerging Matter of the Disappeared in Syria: Framing the problem in civil society and the UN”
Round Table 8.2. Foreign Policy and International Relations
Coordinated by: Raquel Ojeda (UGR)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Susana Mangana (Universidad Católica de Uruguay), “Conquerors Conquered, Ten Years After the Arab Springs”
- Zahir Hadibi (Université de Bejaia, Algeria), “The Algeria-Morocco Border: Problematics of a border or a problematic border?”
- Alberto Javier Castanedo and Gloria Illana (UCM PhD Candidates), “The Matter of Migration from Morocco to Spain: Conflict, causes and consequences”
- Manuel Overa (PhD Candidate UCM), “Foundations of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Mashreq Region”
5:00-6:30 p.m. Session 7
Round Table 9. Representations of the Arab Spring
Coordinated by: Laura Mijares (UCM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Alejandra Val (UC3M). “Women’s Participation in the Jasmine Uprising Through Contemporary Tunisian Cinema”
- Mohamed El-Madhkouri Maataoui (UAM), “Semiotics of the Female Iconic and Discursive Image in Arab Mobilizations”
- Salud Flores (UPO), “Caricature in Syria’s Arab Spring: The path towards social resistance”
- Iris del Pino García (UCM PhD student): “The Blossoming of the Violet Cyberspring”
6:30-7:00 p.m. Closing Event
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, Laura Mijares and Isaías Barreñada, co-directors of the Congress
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
7:30 p.m. Film (in person at the Casa Árabe Casa Árabe Auditorium)
“Microphone” by Ahmad Abdallah (Egypt, 2010, 120 min.)
As part of the film series Tenth Anniversary of the Arab Uprisings in Film
Round Table 2.1. Political Change in the Mashreq
Coordinated by: Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán (UAM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Bárbara Azaola Piazza (GRESAM/UCLM), “Social Protest in the Context of Authoritarian Regression: The case of Egypt from 2016-2020”
- Matthieu Rey (CNRS-Paris), “Tocquevillian Approaches to Recent Syrian History”
- Basem Mahmud (UGR), “‘I hope that I can start a new life’: A new approach to understanding migration and uprisings in the Arab World”.
- Haizam Amirah Fernández (Real Instituto Elcano) and Sonsoles Dieste (Real Instituto Elcano), “Rentier States and the Challenges They Face: Political regimes, social contracts and stability in the Arab region”
- Joan Marc Ferrando (UV), “Prosecuting the Destruction of Cultural Heritage by Daesh in Syria”
Round Table 5.1. Civil society and Social Change
Coordinated by: Ana Planet (UAM)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Laurence Thieux (UCM), “Algeria’s Hirak Movement: The role of organized civil society and the challenge of structuring”
- José Manuel Moreno and Javier García Marín (UGR), “The Press’ Behavior on the Post-Arab Spring Stage”
- Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal (TEIM-UAM), “The ‘Arab Spring’ in Palestine: Hirak al Shababi and the third post-Nakba generation”[2]
- Marta González García de Paredes (UGR), “Youth Quotas in Morocco: A case study of political staffing”
- Aziz Ouragh, “The New Face of the Zawiya After the Arab Spring”
Table 7.2. The International Factor: Case studies
Coordinated by: Víctor Manuel Amado Castro (UPV)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- María Dolores Algora Weber (Universidad Francisco de Victoria), “The Impact of Arab Uprisings on the Foreign Outreach of Turkey, Russia and China”
- Juan Corona and Miguel Ángel Medina (Universidad Abat Oliba-CEU), “The International Community’s Role in Managing the Libya Conflict: Highs and lows”
- Adriano Alberto Smolarek and João Irineu de Resende Miranda (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Brazil), “Brazil’s Political and Strategic Implications in the Western Sahara Conflict”
- Pablo Sapag (UCM), “Latin America and the Syrian Crisis: A new opportunity to take on a role of its own in the Middle East”
12:00-2:00 p.m. Session 6
Round Table 2.2. Political Change and the Perpetuation of Authoritarianism in the Mashreq
Coordinated by: Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio (UCM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Antonio Basallote (US), “Peculiarities of the Palestinian Spring: From hope to the entrenchment of authoritarianism, Palestinian fragmentation and Israeli apartheid”
- Ethel Bonet (El Confidencial), “Lebanon’s ‘Autumn’: Is a new social revolution possible?”
- María González-Úbeda Alférez (TEIM-UAM), “Dynamics of Resistance to Social Change in Lebanon in the Context of the Revolution”
- Guadalupe Marychel Escandón Vara (UNAM, Mexico), “Syria Ten Years After Deraa: Taking stock in the face of the pandemic”
- Juan Carlos Castillo Quiñones (Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico), “Sectarianism, Security and Resilience of Social Protest in Post-Baathist Iraq”
Round Table 5.2. Civil Society and Social Change
Coordinated by: María Angustias Parejo (UGR)
Link 2 Meet (UCM)
- Leila Nachawati Rego (UC3M), “The Arab Spring and Destruction of the Monopoly on Communications in the Middle East: The Syrian case”
- Naomí Ramírez Díaz, “Constructing Historical Memory in Syria”
- Nour Al Hussen Villa (USC), “The Role of Tribes in the Arab Spring: A renaissance or decline of tribalism in Syria?”
- Juseima Peregrina (UGR), “The Emerging Matter of the Disappeared in Syria: Framing the problem in civil society and the UN”
Round Table 8.2. Foreign Policy and International Relations
Coordinated by: Raquel Ojeda (UGR)
Link 3 Meet (UCM)
- Susana Mangana (Universidad Católica de Uruguay), “Conquerors Conquered, Ten Years After the Arab Springs”
- Zahir Hadibi (Université de Bejaia, Algeria), “The Algeria-Morocco Border: Problematics of a border or a problematic border?”
- Alberto Javier Castanedo and Gloria Illana (UCM PhD Candidates), “The Matter of Migration from Morocco to Spain: Conflict, causes and consequences”
- Manuel Overa (PhD Candidate UCM), “Foundations of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Mashreq Region”
5:00-6:30 p.m. Session 7
Round Table 9. Representations of the Arab Spring
Coordinated by: Laura Mijares (UCM)
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
- Alejandra Val (UC3M). “Women’s Participation in the Jasmine Uprising Through Contemporary Tunisian Cinema”
- Mohamed El-Madhkouri Maataoui (UAM), “Semiotics of the Female Iconic and Discursive Image in Arab Mobilizations”
- Salud Flores (UPO), “Caricature in Syria’s Arab Spring: The path towards social resistance”
- Iris del Pino García (UCM PhD student): “The Blossoming of the Violet Cyberspring”
6:30-7:00 p.m. Closing Event
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, Laura Mijares and Isaías Barreñada, co-directors of the Congress
Link 1 Meet (UCM)
7:30 p.m. Film (in person at the Casa Árabe Casa Árabe Auditorium)
“Microphone” by Ahmad Abdallah (Egypt, 2010, 120 min.)
As part of the film series Tenth Anniversary of the Arab Uprisings in Film