Writers Speak | How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
Date and Time
June 17, 2020
06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT
Location
Zoom Webinar
Speaker: Elizabeth F. Thompson
*Registration is required to attend. See link below.*
Elizabeth F. Thompson in conversation about her new book, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance, with Sunil Amrith and Claire Messud
Elizabeth F. Thompson is Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, School of International Service and Professor of History, American University
Sunil Amrith is Mehra Family Professor of South Asian History, Interim Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, and Director of the Joint Center for History and Economics, Harvard University
Claire Messud is a novelist and Joseph Y. Bae and Janice Lee Senior Lecturer on Fiction, Harvard University