april 16, 2019
In partnership with the Collège de France, iReMMO, AFP and France Médias monde, the Arab World Institute is launching a new event to decipher current affairs.
Connected to the flow of information, the Rendez-vous de l'actualité is a moment of deciphering, exchange and perspective for all, on the latest events in the Arab world. Set a few days before the event, the subject, question or event discussed will be drawn from the region's immediate news, to keep as close as possible to what's happening.
Thursday April 25 at 7:00 pm:
" Towards a new Algeria?
Every Friday for over two months, millions of Algerians have been peacefully marching in the streets across the country to demand "a new Algeria". The protest movement, which began on February 16 against Abdelaziz Bouteflika's candidacy for a fifth presidential term, quickly turned into demonstrations against the regime and its loyalists, who have been in power for 20 years. The Algerians' demands are clear: they want free elections and the departure of all the "corrupt" oligarchs of the current regime. On a scale unseen for decades, a wind of renewal is blowing across Algeria.
Hosted by :
- Rachida El Azzouzi, filmmaker and journalist with Mediapart, specializing in social issues and North Africa.
Speakers:
- Hasni Abidi, political scientist, specialist in the Arab world and Director of the Centre d'études et de recherche sur le monde arabe et méditerranéen (CERMAM), Geneva
- Smaïl Goumeziane, former Algerian Trade Minister, economist and writer
- Razika Adnani, writer, philosopher and Islamologist
