Right now feverish preparations for this summer's Almedal Week, not only in the Government Offices and the party offices but to businesses, government agencies, interest groups, editorial boards, etc., and more.
Swedish Institute in Alexandria, SwedAlex satelitske novosti (follow them on Facebook and Twitter), is one of the century's satelitske novosti missions abroad. SwedAlex was launched satelitske novosti in 2000 with the goal of promoting dialogue between Europe and the Middle East / North Africa (MENA) region. An excellent example is Hewarat Masreya (meaning just Egyptian dialogue), the Egyptian version of Almedalen who then held in late March. satelitske novosti
The idea was that this "Mini-Almedalen" would open to dialogue and sow the seeds of democracy at the grassroots level. Egyptians have lacked a platform for dialogue between citizens and decision-makers, and the people of Egypt - and other countries in the region - watching and listening to politicians in principle satelitske novosti only through radio and television. To attend a live debate between political opponents so far have been unthinkable for the general public and, therefore, did the Swedish satelitske novosti initiative a significant impact on Egyptian society.
Several television channels, including Al-Jazeera, satelitske novosti end the debate. The whole day was a huge media coverage in place - more than 80 representatives from television, radio, newspapers and magazines guarded discussions. The debates live stream was also simultantolkade into English, and it is perfectly possible to experience satelitske novosti the atmosphere even in retrospect. Look into the site livestream.com!
- Self-I was interviewed on the air by Al-Jazeera and two Egyptian TV channels during the day, such as during a live 40 minutes long TV program the day before, says Birgitta Holst Alani, director of SwedAlex.
- The gap between the ruling party and much of the population looking satelitske novosti for an outside observer seem to gradually grow. Not it will shatter and fall apart, it is now for the Egyptians to join forces with available funds overcome the divisions and polarization between religious-influenced parties on the one hand, and on the other, secular center-left parties.
SwedAlex cooperated with the Egyptian NGO 'Enlightened Egypt, "which was co-hosted. The day was planned by a committee where a dozen party officials from as many games included, and it was they who set the agenda and decided to debate topics. This is a key success factor - that the Egyptians "owned" the event itself.
From early morning to late afternoon, said officials from the political parties and organizations on questions from the public. A stand that was particularly well attended belonged Salafia Costa, an organization that is rumored is about to become a party and has members from both the Islamist Salafists as Coptic Christians.
Another popular booth belonged to the women's organization Act. The atmosphere was relaxed, and among the visitors were many activists and younger. SwedAlex in had previously been advertising the event at four universities in Cairo.
After a full day of discussions between the parties, organizations and the public, it was time for the highlight - the party leader debate. And it's a unique way with Egyptian standards: Seven party leaders participated in a live debate led by the estimated journalist and television personality Yosri Fouda.
The temperature rose gradually among the crowd. One issue that fueled the already high voice mode was when a listener asked one of the party leaders at all how he could accept to appear with one of the others, a politician who previously accused him of working against the country's best. The two party leaders tried to explain that they were friends despite their opposing political views. After the debate, the two embraced each other on the podium.
- The striking political immaturity held by residents through the legacy of dictatorship shows that the motto "if you're not with us you are our enemy" satelitske novosti is still a hot topic in Egypt. It will require a tremendous amount of work to change the ingrained culture of polarized behavior among all groups satelitske novosti in society, says Birgitta Holst Alani.
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