Takaful 2013
Third Annual Conference on
Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement
June 4 – 6, 2013
Tunis, Tunisia
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Tuesday, June 4
All day
Arrivals
Wednesday, June 5
8:30 –9:00 am
Registration
9:00 – 10:00 am
Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks
Barbara Ibrahim, director, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic
Engagement, AUC
Mounir Tabet, United Nations resident coordinator and United Nations
Development Programme resident representative, Tunisia
Nabila Hamza, president, Foundation for the Future
Keynote Speaker
Hamadi Redissi, professor of public law, University of Tunis
10:00– 11:15 am
Research Session One: Civic Engagement and Philanthropy Through a
Transitional Lens: The Launch of Philanthropy in Transition
Chair: Asma Nouira, president, The Tunisian Observatory For Democratic
Transition
“Sociopolitical Transitions and Shifts in Philanthropic Practices in Egypt, Libya
and Tunisia”
Sherine El Taraboulsi, projects manager, Regional Partnership on Culture and
Development
“Prospects of Civil Society and Democratic Transition in Libya: Regional and
Tribal Conflicts in Libya”
Ahmed Salah, associate director of international planning and cooperation,
Qatar Red Crescent
“A Scan of the Philanthropic Realm in Tunisia Post-Revolution”
AlMonji Zidi, professor of anthropology and sociology, University of Tunis
Practitioner Panel One: “Models of Social Entrepreneurship: The Potential for
11:15 am – 12:45 pm Radical Social Change”(sponsored by Silatech)
Chair: Dina Sherif, senior adviser to Silatech, Engagement Programs
Panelists
Ahmed Zahran, chief executive officer, KarmSolar
Amr El Salankely, chief executive officer, Educate Me
Rabee Zureikat, chief executive officer, Zikra
Seifallah Mejri, senior adviser, Clean Phosphates
Noura Kamel, research analyst, Silatech
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12:45 – 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
2:00 - 3:15 pm
Research Session Two: Political Engagement: New and Established Forms
Chair: Bochra Belhaj Hmidi, human rights activist, Tunisia
“Ideology and Collective Bargaining: Islamist Students in Post-Revolutionary
Egypt and Tunisia”
Mohammad Yaghi, doctoral candidate, Department of Political Science,
University of Guelph
“The Role of New Media in Supporting Social Non-Movements in Egypt and
Tunisia”
Fatima AlZahraa Abdel Fattah, manager, Almasry Studies and Information
Center
“Citizen Journalism and Public Space in the Post-Revolutionary Tunisia”
Odile Moreau, historian, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III;associate
researcher,Centerfor Social Historyof the MediterraneanIslam
3:15 – 4:15 pm
“Call of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as an Instrumental Peaceful Model
in Building the Capacity of Peace and Puttingan End to the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict”
Thuqan Qishawi, development and social entrepreneur, National Voluntary
Initiative
Areej Malki, Palestinian political and social activist
Research Session Three: Mapping of Civil-Society Organizationsin the Middle
East and North Africa:Tunisia and Libya(sponsored by Foundation for the
Future)
Chair: Barbara Ibrahim, director, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and
Civic Engagement, AUC
“Tunisian Civil Society Focus of Recent Mapping Study”
Julien Baudot, program coordinator, Foundation for the Future
4:15 – 4:45 pm
Coffee Break
4:45–6:00 pm
Research Session Four: Philanthropy, Civic Empowerment and Political
Mobilization
Chair: Sana Ben Ashour, president, Tunisian Association for Democratic Women
“In the Shadow of the Arab Uprisings: Complicacies in Writing About Emerging
Forms of Charitable Engagement in Saudi Arabia in Light of the Arab Uprisings”
Nora Derbal, doctoral student, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and
Societies
“The Role of Philanthropy in Political Action: Hamas's Political Model in
Palestine”
Adnan Abu Amer, dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Umma University
“The Cedar Revolution: Youth Participation and Youth Organizations in
Lebanon Post-Intifada”
Omar Bortolazzi, fellow researcher, History and Cultures Department, University
of Bologna
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Thursday, June 6
9:00 – 10:00 am
10:00 – 11:00 am
Practitioner Panel Two: “Philanthropy for Human Rights and Corporate Social
Responsibility”
Panelists
Elie Abouaoun, executive director, Arab Human Rights Fund
Ramy Salhi, regional manager, Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to
Human Rights Defenders, Tunis.
Research Session Five: The Role of Universities in Promoting Philanthropy and
Civic Engagement
Chair: Clement Henry, professor and chair, Department of Political Science, AUC
“Western Research Centers and Philanthropy: Societal Partnerships and
Lessons Learned”
Riham Khafagy, assistant professor, Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed
University
“The Role of Academia in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: A Case Study
Collaborative Course Between AUB and AUC ”
Rabih Shibli, associate director for development and community projects,
American University of Beirut
Brooke Comer, writing instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Composition,
AUC
11:00 – 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am– 12:30 pm
Research Session Six: The Role of Waqf in Development
Chair: Riham Khafagy, assistant professor, Institute for Islamic World Studies
“The Role of Waqf in Achieving Socio-Economic Development: The Case Study
of Egypt”
Amira Gado, instructor, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Economics, AlAzhar University
“The Philanthropic Potential of Islamic Finance in Egypt”
Clement Henry, professor and chair, Department of Political Science, AUC
“Zakat and Economic Justice: Emerging International Models and Their
Relevance for Egypt”
Jennifer Bremer, professor of practice and chair, Department of Public Policy
and Administration, AUC
Noura Wahby, master’s candidate in public policy and administration, AUC
“The Leading Role of Endowments in Supporting Social Entrepreneurship”
Kamel Mansouri, professor, University Mohamed Khider of Biskra; associate
researcher, Center for Applied Economic Research for Development
Abla Bognana, doctoral candidate, Faculty of Economic and Management
Sciences, University Mohamed Khider of Biskra
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12:30 – 1:30 pm
Research Session Seven: The Regulation of Civil Society
Chair: Mahfoudh Amin, expert in constitutional law
“Nongovernmental Organizationsand Their Political Participation Under
Increasingly Restrictive Legislation: Post-Uprising Egypt”
Ahmed Alhamid, co-founder and chair, Academy for International Development
Middle East
“The Tribal Dimension in the Arab Revolutions: A Comparison Between Yemen
and Libya”
Mostafa Shafeq Allam, head, Studies Unit, Almasry Studies and Information
Center
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Lunch Break
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Practitioner Panel Three: “Arab Civil Society: Challenges and Opportunities in
the Context of Transition”(organized by the Arab Institute for Human Rights)
4:00– 4:15 pm
4:15 –5:15 pm
Panelists
Abdel Basset Ben Hassan, president, Arab Institute for Human Rights
Marwan Abi Samra, governance practice leader for Arab states, Regional Bureau
for Arab States, United Nations Development Programme
Coffee Break
Research SessionEight: Case Studies and Conceptual Issues
Chair: Barbara Ibrahim, director, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and
Civic Engagement, AUC
“Concept and Contestation: Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East”
Moritz Zyrewitz, master’s candidate in political science, private law and Islamic
studies, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
“Fulfilling a Historical Legacy: Turkey’s Humanitarian Responsibility and
Rhetoric in Syria”
Senem Cevik-Ersaydi, assistant professor, Ankara University
5:15- 5:30 pm
Closing Remarks
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