After the Arab Spring




Hammer Museum show

Summary: 7/6/11 --- The world has been caught by surprise as youthful revolutions have swept across the Middle East toppling entrenched dictators in the so-called "Arab Spring." But as the dust settles there are mixed results in terms of democratic progress and reform. Dr. Rabab el-Mahdi, an activist and participant in the Egyptian revolution and a professor of Political Science at American University in Cairo, and Jawad Nabulsi, a community organizer who was active in Tahrir Square, join us. (Run Time: 1 hour, 40 min.)