Regional Conference

The Future of Political Islam

in a Turbulent Region
Amman, Crowne Plaza, Nabatean Hall
Tuesday, 23rd May 2017

08:30: Registration of Participants

09:00: Opening and Welcome

Anja Wehler-Schoeck, Resident Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Jordan and
Iraq

09:15: Political Islam Post Arab Spring

Islamic Movements Transformations over the last few years, Mohammad
Abu Rumman, Researcher on Islamic Movements- Center for Strategic
Studies, Jordan
Discussing Political Islam: Methodological Concepts, Franois Burgat, Senior
Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research
Chairwoman: Amal Abu-Jiries, Program Manager, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Jordan and Iraq

10:00: Experience in Governing: Lessons from Tunisia, Morocco, and

Egypt
Tunisia: Dr. Abdellatif Hannachi, Professor of Higher Education at the
University of Manouba / Tunis
Morocco: Dr. Driss El-Ganbouri, Expert in Religion, Terrorism, Extremism
Egypt: Dr. Khalil Anani, Associate Professor of Political Science; Doha
Institute for Graduate Studies
Chairman: Dr. Amer AlHafi, Associate Professor of Comparative Religion,
Faculty of Sharia, Al-Bayt University

11:15: Coffee Break

11:30: Conflict with Political Islam
Algeria: Dr. Dalia Ghanem Yazbeck, El-Erian Fellow at the Carnegie Middle
East Center in Beirut
Yemen: Dr. Ahmed Al-Daghaishi, Researcher in Islamic Thought and Reform
of Contemporary Islamic Work Methods (Islamic Groups)
Kuwait: Mobarak Saleh AlJeri, Independent Researcher in Islamic
Movements
Chairwoman: Amal Abu-Jiries, Program Manager, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Jordan and Iraq

12:40: The Impact of Terrorism on Political Islam

"Da'esh" as a Turn in the Islamic Currents, Hassan Abu-Hanieh, Researcher
on Islamic Movements, Jordan
Iraq: Yahiya Qubaisi, Consultant, Iraqi center for Strategic Studies
Syria: Dr. Abdulrahman AlHaj, Assistant Professor, Ankara Social Sciences
University
Libya: Dr. Nezar Faraj AlFortass
Chairman: Mohammad Fdeilat, Al-Arabi AlJadeed Correspondent

14:00: Lunch

15:00: Domestic Dynamics of Political Islam: Jordan as a case study

Zaki Bin Irsheid, Islamic Action Front Party
Nabil Kofahi, Zamzam National Party
Ghaith AlQudah, Founding Member of the Partnership and Rescue Party
Dr. Neven Bondokji, Senior Researcher and Team Leader Human Security,
WANA Institute
Chairwoman: Jumana Ghuneimat, Editor-in-Chief, Al-Ghad Newspaper (tbc)

16:30: Coffee Break

16:45: Prospects of Political Islam: Does Political Islam Have a Future?

Franois Burgat, Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for
Scientific Research
Mohammad Abu Rumman, Researcher on Islamic Movements- Center for
Strategic Studies, Jordan
Chairwoman: Anja Wehler Schoeck, Resident Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Jordan and Iraq

17:30: End of Conference