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The 1st Conference on Cultural Policies in the Arab Region 7-8 June 2010, Beirut, Lebanon List of Participants 1. Amin Amin El El Zaou Zaoui, i, Novelist, Algeria [email protected] 2. Amin Amine e Moum Moumin ine, e, Asso Associ ciat ate e Prof Profes esso sor, r, Hass Hassan an II Mo Moha hamm mmed edia ia,, Casablan Casablanca ca Universi University ty and General General Director Director,, Moulay Moulay Rachid Rachid Cultural Cultural Centre, Morocco [email protected] 3. Amma mmar Kes Kessab ab,, Resea Research rcher er in Cultu Cultural ral Ma Manag nagem emen ent, t, Expert Expert in Cultural Policies, Algeria [email protected] Execut utiv ive e Dire Direct ctor or,, Euro Europe pean an Inst Instit itut ute e 4. Andr Andrea eas s Wies Wiesan and, d, Exec Comparative Cultural Research ERICarts, Germany [email protected]

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National Programme Programme Officer, UNSECO Ramallah 5. Areej Hijazi, National Office, Palestine [email protected]

6. Barbara Hewitt, Director, British Council, Lebanon [email protected] 7. Basema Al Nabky, Dire Directo ctorr of Admin Administ istrat ratio ion n and and legal legal affairs department, General organization of Dar Al Assad for Culture and Arts, Syria. [email protected] 8. Bensa Bensalem lem Himmic Himmich, h, Minister of Culture, Morocco – to be confirmed [email protected] 9. Cas Sm Smithuijsen, Director, The Boekman Foundation, The Netherlands In collaboration with DOEN Foundation and the British Council

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10. Catherine ine Co Cornet, et, Journalist, Journalist, Babelmed, Italy [email protected] 11. Elga Trad, Me Memb mber er of the the Exec Execut utiv ive e Co Comm mmit itte tee, e, Baal Baalbe beck ck International Festival, Lebanon [email protected] Profes esso sorr in Inst Instit itut ute e of Fine Fine Arts Arts,, Leba Lebane nese se 12. Elham Kallab, Prof University, and Islamo-Christian Studies, Saint-Joseph University, Lebanon [email protected]

13. Elizabet beth White, Director, British Council, Syria [email protected] 14. Emad Ab Abou Gh Ghazi, General Secretary of the Supreme Council of  Culture, Ministry of Culture, Egypt [email protected] 15. Fanny Bouquer uerel, Amuni, France [email protected] 16. Fathy Ab Abdel Ra Rahman, General Director of the General Directorate of development and planning, Ministry of Culture, Palestine. [email protected] Resea search rcher er in Cultur Cultural al Polic Policies ies,, 17. Fatima ima Azzahrae Chaaba ban ni, Re Morocco [email protected]

18. Fatin Farahat, Director Director of Cultura Culturall Unit, Unit, Ramallah Ramallah Municip Municipalit ality, y, Palestine [email protected] 19. 19. Giov Giovan anni ni Font Fontan ana a Ant Anton onel elli li, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Ramallah Office, Palestine [email protected] 20. Gregor Meiering, Director of the ME office of the Open Society Institute, Jordan [email protected] In collaboration with DOEN Foundation and the British Council

21. Hassan Ab Abbass, Academic and Researcher, Syria [email protected] 22.

Hazaa El Barari, Novelist, Ministry of Culture, Jordan [email protected]

23. 23. Hikm Hikmat at El Na Naw ways ayseh, eh, Poet, Ministry of Culture, Jordan [email protected] 24. Jordi Baltà Portolés,  The Interarts Foundation, Spain  [email protected]

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25. Joseph Kreidi, Programme Officer, Culture Sector, Focal point for recovery and reconstruction, UNESCO Regional Bureau, Lebanon  [email protected] 26. Laila hourani, Regional Manager Creativity, British Council, Syria [email protected] 27. Lina Attel, Direc Director tor Gener General, al, Natio Nationa nall Center Center for for Cultur Culture e and and Performing Arts, King Hussein Foundation, Jordan [email protected] 28. Luis Pr P rados, First Counselor, Spanish Embassy, Lebanon – to be confirmed [email protected];; [email protected] [email protected] 29. Makhlou louf Bou Boukrouh, Researcher in Cultural Policies, Professor at the Faculty of political sciences and information, University of Algiers, Algeria [email protected] 30. Menha El Ba Batraoui, Theatre Critic, El Ahram Hebdo Newspaper, Egypt [email protected] 31. Michele Warde, President, Assabil Association, Lebanon [email protected]

In collaboration with DOEN Foundation and the British Council

32. Mikhail Gne Gnedov dovsky, Director Director,, Cultura Culturall Policy Policy Institut Institute, e, Moscow, Moscow, Russia [email protected] 33. 33. Mile Milena na Drag Dragic icev evic ic-S -Ses esic ic,, Professor Professor of Cultural Policy and Cultural Management, Cultural Studies and Media Studies, Serbia [email protected] irecto tor, r, 34. Monika Borgmann, Direc Research , Lebanon [email protected]

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35. Moukhtar Kocache, Progra Program m Officer, Officer, Media, Media, Arts and Culture Culture,, Ford Foundation, Egypt [email protected] 36. Mourad Kadiri, Culture Culture Minister Minister’s ’s adviso advisor, r, Ministry Ministry of Culture Culture,, Morocco – to be confirmed [email protected] 37. Neeme Neeme, Writer and theatre director, researcher in Arts and Education, Lebanon [email protected] 38. Nina J. Kö Köprülü, President and Director, Joukowsky Family Foundation, USA [email protected] 39. Ola Khalidi, Director, Makan, Jordan [email protected] 40. Osman Kavala, Chair Chairman man of the board board,, Anad Anadol olu u Kültü Kültür, r,  Turkey [email protected] 41. Ouafa Be Belgacem, Researcher in Cultural Policies, Tunis [email protected] 42. Rana Yazaji, Programme Manager, Rawafed the Cultural Project of  Syria Trust for Development, Syria [email protected] In collaboration with DOEN Foundation and the British Council

43. Rani Al Al Ra Rajji, Studio Beirut, Lebanon [email protected] 44. Racha Najdi, social management, Lebanon

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45. Reem Khatib, Artist and Researcher in Cultural Policies, Syria [email protected] 46. Renata Papsch, Prog Progra ramme mme Admin Adminis istra trato tor, r, Anna Anna Lindh Lindh EuroEuroMediterranean Foundation for the dialogue between cultures, Egypt [email protected] 47. Rima Abou Baker, Foundation, Lebanon

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48. Rita Az Azar, Journalist and researcher in cultural policies, Lebanon [email protected];; [email protected] [email protected] 49. Ritva Mi Mitchell, Director of research for the Finnish Foundation for Cultural Policy Research (CUPORE), Finland [email protected] Directo ctorr of Cultur Culture e and and Cultur Cultural al and and Natur Natural al 50. Robert Palmer, Dire Heritage, Council of Europe, France [email protected] Foundation, 51. Rym El El Hu Husseini, Director of Al Mouna Library, Safadi Foundation, Lebanon [email protected]

52. Salwa Saniora Baassiri, Gene Genera rall Secr Secret etar ary, y, the the National Commission for UNESCO (LNCU), Lebanon [email protected]

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53. Samar Du Dudin, Founder Founder & Directo Directorr of Takween Takween Open Spaces Spaces for Enlightenment & Creativity, Jordan [email protected] In collaboration with DOEN Foundation and the British Council

54. Samar Jammoul, Assistant, Al Mouna Library, Safadi Foundation, Lebanon [email protected] 55. Samar Ma Martha, Co-founder and Director of Art School Palestine, Palestine [email protected] 56. Sandra Dagher, Board Member and Director of Beirut Art Center, Lebanon [email protected] 57. Sarah Gardner, Executive Director, International Federation of  Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), Australia [email protected] 58. Sara Se Selwood, Sara Selwood Associates, UK  [email protected] 59. Sayed Mahmoud, wr writ iter er and and cult cultur ural al edit editor or at Al Ahra Ahram m foundation, Egypt. [email protected] 60. Sella llama El El Gh Ghayam, Professor at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art and Cultur Cultural al Entert Entertain ainmen mentt ISADA ISADAC, C, Re Resea searc rcher her in the fields fields of  Sociology and Culture, Morocco [email protected] Director,, Cultura Culturall Managem Management ent Progra Program, m, Istanbu Istanbull 61. Serhan A da da, Director Bilgi University, Turkey [email protected] Extern rnal al Advi Adviso sor, r, Cr Crea eati tive ve 62. Shelagh Wright, Exte Enterprise Programme, The British Council, UK  [email protected]

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63. Soufien iene Cho Chourabi, Journalist, Tunis [email protected]

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64. Watfa Hamadi, Re Rese sear arch cher er in cult cultur ural al poli polici cies es,, Assi Assist stan antt Profe Professo ssor, r, Depa Departm rtmen entt of Arabi Arabic c langu languag age, e, Facul Faculty ty of Arts, Arts, Leban Lebanes ese e University, Lebanon and the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Kuwait [email protected] 65. Xavier Troussard, Head Head of Cult Cultur ure e Poli Policy cy and and Inte Interc rcul ultu tura rall Dialogue Unit, European Commission, Belgium [email protected] 66. Yahia Yakhluf, Head of Higher Council for Art and Education, Palestine [email protected] 67. Youma Fall, Cultural Development Advisor and Curator, Senegal [email protected] 68. Zeina Arida, Director, Arab Image Foundation, Lebanon [email protected] 69. Zeyneb Farhat, Cultural Expert, Manager of El Teatro, Tunis [email protected]

Organizers 1.

Basma El Husseiny, Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy),

Egypt [email protected]

Hanan Hajj Ali, Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy), Lebanon [email protected]

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Lyne Sneige, the British Council, Lebanon [email protected]

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Marwa Helmy, Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy), Egypt [email protected]

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Odile Chenal, European Cultural Foundation, the Netherlands [email protected]

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Phil Philipp ipp Dietc Dietchm hmai air, r, Netherlands [email protected] 6.

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Salma Said, Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy), Egypt [email protected]

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Tsveta Andreeva, European Cultural Foundation, the Netherlands [email protected]

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