Intellectual Freedom in the Middle East:
Perspectives & Opportunities

will bring together an impressive group of academics,
practitioners, thought leaders and those interested in
the region for an important discussion on the state of
intellectual freedom, civil discourse and expression of ideas in the Middle East.

Colloquium topics will include:

• speaking the truth: contextual or absolute
• the marketplace of ideas: mass media and identity
• writers and scholars at risk: personal accounts
• the future: freedom of expression in a global community