Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
Now Available: Audio of Conference Call on Democracy Movements in Egypt, the Middle East & N. Africa
The Arts & Democracy Project presents:
Conference Call on Democracy Movements in Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa
Wednesday, March 2
12:00pm EST/9:00am PST
Audio of the live conference call is now available HERE.
This nation-wide conference call discusses the role of arts and culture in the extraordinary people's movements in Egypt and Libya, and the protests for democracy sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East. Participants share insights on Arab and Arab-American perspectives, and discuss the participation and responses of artists and cultural organizers in the region and in the U.S.
Featuring:
- Dalia Basiouny, writer & theater artist (Egypt)
- Ahmed Issawi, Alwan for the Arts (NYC)
- Khaled Mattawa, poet & professor (Michigan)
Co-Sponsored by:
Andrea Assaf, Art2Action Inc. and Todd Lester, freeDimensional
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