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"Beyond Sunnis and Shiites: Understanding the Violent Recalibration of Arab State, Sect, Tribe and Citizen" with Rami Khouri

Open to the Public

A seminar with Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow at MEI and Senior Public Policy Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.

Date: Time: - Location: Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor
Iraqi Shiites of the Mahdi Army militia loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr vow to fight ISIS in a show of strength in a military parade in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq.

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A seminar with Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow at MEI and Senior Public Policy Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.

The current upheavals across the Arab world are violent and messy, but they are far more complex than the facile picture of Sunni-Shiite clashes that is often depicted in the West as the main dynamic that drives current upheavals. After half a century of autocratic governance, chronic corruption, and failed developmental policies, we are witnessing a long overdue recalibration of the fundamental building blocks of Arab statehood that have never been properly configured by the will of their own people.