Dear all,
The Doha Debates are Qatar’s unique forum for free speech in the Arab world. Each month invited speakers debate the hottest issues of the Arab and Islamic world in front of an audience who participate by asking questions. The Doha Debates are chaired by the internationally renowned broadcaster Tim Sebastian, formerly of BBC World’s HARDtalk programme.
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Time and Place:
1st December at the Cambridge Union
Motion:
'This House believes Britain’s role in the Middle East is in terminal decline.’
SHOWING TIMES
Saturday 1st December at 0810 GMT
Repeated: Saturday 1st at 1410, 2010 and Sunday 2nd at 0110, 0810 & 2010 GMT
For the Motion:
Shlomo Ben Ami, Israeli Foreign Minister 2000 - 2001.
Shlomo Ben Ami is a former Israeli Foreign Minister who currently holds the position of Vice-President of the Toledo International Center for Peace in Spain of which he is a co-founder. Mr. Ben Ami was appointed Foreign Minister in 2000, a position he held until March 2001. During his political career, he was involved in various Middle East peace negotiations including the Camp David Summit. He resigned from the Knesset in August 2002.
Baroness Falkner of Margravine.
Kishwer Falkner is a Liberal Democrat Peer in the House of Lords. She was the first Muslim peer for the Liberal Democrats and takes an active interest in foreign affairs and civil liberties and community relations. Baroness Falkner speaks extensively on public policy issues relating to Muslims in the West, multiculturalism and integration. In 2005, she was appointed to the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Tackling Muslim Extremism.
Against the motion:
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, British Foreign Secretary 1995-97.
Malcolm Rifkind served as British Foreign Secretary from 1995-1997 and was one of only four ministers to serve throughout the whole Prime Ministerships of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. Before becoming Foreign Secretary, he held the positions of Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Defence. In 1997 he was knighted in recognition of his public service. He is currently a Member of Parliament for Kensington & Chelsea.
Raghida Dergham, Al Hayat Columnist.
Raghida Dergham is a columnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for Al Hayat newspaper, the leading London-based independent Arabic daily. She writes a regular weekly strategic column on international political affairs and is also a political analyst for NBC, MSNBC and the Arab satellite channel LBC. She is a contributing editor for LA Times Syndicate Global Viewpoint and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune and Newsweek Magazine.
Showing on BBC World
On Saturday 1st December at 0810 GMT with repeats at 1410, 2010 and Sunday 2nd at 0110, 0810 & 2010 GMT
Regards,
Rashedul Hasan Stalin
Source:http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=48
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