DUSHANBE, March 15, 2013, Asia-Plus — The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri, who is also deputy of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, will participate in the Seventh Al-Jazeera Forum that begins in Doha, Qatar on March 16.
An official source at IRP’s headquarters in Dushanbe says Kabili will deliver a statement at the forum that will bring together politicians, investor and experts from many countries of the world.
The forum is held under the motto “New World – New Opportunities,” the source said.
Meanwhile,
The Peninsula Qatar
reports that the seventh Al-Jazeera Forum that begins at the Doha Sheraton tomorrow will explore the post-Arab Spring transformations in the socio-political and media landscape in the Arab world. The forum will explore the wider implications these changes will bring in the Arab world and the implication of reporting these issues. The forum will also provide a platform for political leaders, journalists, activists, media experts, and intellectuals to engage in a dynamic discourse concerning the on-going changes taking place in the Arab world.
The forum will debate and discuss events of the past two years that have created new political realities in the region. The keynotes and plenary sessions are dedicated to explore the role of emerging democracies, the changing power dynamics and the challenges of engaging with international powers, as well as looking at the transformation of media in emerging democracies.
The forum will be focusing on the security challenges, human rights and transitional justice in post conflict areas as well as looking at the struggle for Syria and Palestine.
A session on March 17 titled “Rising Powers in the Region: Challenges and International Engagement” will discuss emerging power centers and their growing regional influence in the transformation of the socio-political landscape.
The panelists will focus on the domestic challenges faced by new governments, as well as obstacles faced in bilateral and multilateral engagements with regional and global powers examining the legacy of the Oslo Accord on its 20th anniversary.
The speakers will include the Minister of State for International Affairs of Qatar Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Minister of Communications and spokesperson of the Moroccan Government Mustapha El Khalfi, Iranian historian Seyyed Ataollah Mohajerani, Member of the Turkish Parliament who is also a journalist Emrullah Isler, and member of the Ghad Al Thawra Party in Egypt, Ayman Nour,
The Peninsula
said.
