Lecture: What Really Happened: Lessons Learned from the Egyptian Revolution
Venue: Torgersen Hall (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012
Time: 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
The Department of Sociology, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Department of Political Science, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Religion and Cuture, and ASPECT welcome Ahmed Salah, co-founder, strategist and foreign affairs representative of the April 6 Youth Movement who devised and implemented the plan that led to the first day of the Eqyptian Revolution on January 25, 2011.

The title of Salah's talk is entitled: "What Really Happened: Lessons Learned from the Egyptian Revolution".

The event will be held in Torgersen Hall, room 3100.

Salah is one of the co-founders of the Egyptian Movement for Change, Kifaya (Enough!), and leads The Coalition of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. Mahitab al-Gilani is a prominent Egyptian democracy activist and member of the Coalition of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.

For more information, visit: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1333118313421

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