5 Mar 2014 18:30 - 20:00
Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Houses of Parliament, London
Houses of Parliament, London
SW1A 0AA
Caabu Event
(THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL UP - PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU WISH TO BE ADDED TO WAITING LIST)
The Ikhwan in Crisis: The Muslim Brotherhood Beyond the Arab Spring
Briefing and Q&A with Alison Pargeter, author and specialist in North Africa and in political Islamist movements
Caabu would like to invite you to a briefing and Q&A on the Muslim Brotherhood with Alison Pargeter.
Keep up to date with this event by following Caabu's Facebook page.
The event is public and open to everybody, but if you would be interested in becoming a member to support our work and to help us arrange future events like this, please email Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org) or sign up as a member here.
If you would be interested in purchasing Alison's book on the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of the talk, you can do so here.
The event is public, so everyone is welcome, but it is important that you RSVP to Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org) to reserve a place. Seats may be limited.
When: Wednesday, March 5, 6:30pm - 8pm
Where: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament
Chair: Crispin Blunt MP
About the speaker:
Alison Pargeter is a specialist in North Africa and in political Islamist movements. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) where she is currently conducting a study of the Muslim Brotherhood beyond the Arab Spring. Her previous academic positions include as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and as a Research Fellow at Kings College, London. She is also a Senior Associate at Menas Associates, a global consulting firm.
She has published widely on her areas of expertise and her books include, Libya: The Rise and Fall of Gaddafi (2012); 'The Muslim Brotherhood: The Burden of Tradition' (2008) (updated paperback edition titled The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power released in 2013); and The New Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Europe. She has also authored numerous articles in academic journals and specialist publications.
About the chair:
Crispin Blunt has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate since 1997. Between 2004 and 2009, he was Caabu's co-Chair, and as of January returned as a board member. He is also a former chairman of the
Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC). In July 2013, Blunt went on a fact finding trip to Egypt and wrote about it in the Guardian. He also spoke on a Caabu panel: The crisis in Egypt: the way forward. In January 2014, Crispin also traveled to Lebanon on a Caabu delegation, where he met with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley. You can read more about the delegation here.
If you would like to attend this public panel discussion on the Muslim Brotherhood, please RSVP to Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org), or get in touch via Twitter. You can also communicate with us on our Facebook group.
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To enter parliament, please use Portcullis House entrance, marked 4 on this map.
Allow at least 30 minutes to pass through security.