Cambridge Literary Festival - David Kirkpatrick & Azadeh Moavini: Making Change in the Middle East

Saturday 6 April 2019

Palmerston Room - St John's College

David Kirkpatrick arrived in Egypt as the New York Times’s bureau chief on the eve of revolution in 2011.

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Eight years later, he reflects on the hopes and disillusion of Egypt’s Arab Spring, and on the decades of autocratic rule that have caused chaos and violence across the region. Joining him is Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick Jihad and Honeymoon in Tehran.

Event type:

Talks

Running time:

14:30 - 15:30

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