EuroArab Forum in April:
Malika HAMIDI*, as the keynote speaker
Topic: „ Islamic Feminist Movements in the West – discrimination and challenges”
Date: Wednesday, 16 April, 8 p.m.
Place: “Le Cercle des Voyageurs” (18, rue des Grands Carmes, 30 m from Manneken Pis)
Should you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact me via: olaf.deussen at gmail.com
Background on Malika Hamidi:
· Malika HAMIDI is a PhD candidate in sociology at the “Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales” in Paris. Her research focus is: The concept of feminism Islam in the Occident and feminine, Moslem identity in Europe.
· Being a member of the “l’association Femmes Musulmanes de Belgique” she is part of a reflection platform on the question of the construction of a European, feminine, Moslem identity.
· Furthermore, she is the European coordinator of the think tank “European Muslim Network” in Brussels which is focusing on the question of Islam in Europe.
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EuroArab Forum in February:
Topic: What went wrong in the dialogue of cultures? Discussion with Traugott Schoefthaler
Dr. Traugott Schoefthaler, as the keynote speaker.
Topic: “What went wrong in the dialogue of cultures?”
Date: Wednesday, 13 February, 8 p.m.
Place: “Le Cercle des Voyageurs” (18, rue des Grands Carmes, Brussels)
Background on Traugott Schoefthaler:
Traugott Schoefthaler, born 1949, was from 2004 to 2007 the first Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, established in Alexandria, Egypt, by the EU Member States and their ten Mediterranean partners. He is theologian and sociologist and obtained his PhD for cross-cultural research. He started his career in the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education and served more than 20 years the United Nations and UNESCO. From 1993 to 2004, he was Secretary-General of the German Commission for UNESCO.
