By Nicky Armstrong Rasha Qandeel, a presenter with BBC Arabic was joined last night by Lindsey Hilsum to discuss her experiences in Libya and her new book Sandstorm Libya in the time of Revolution. Hilsum, a International Editor at Channel......more
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Writing Libya's revolution
By Richard NieldSpeaking to a packed Frontline Club on 26th April, Channel 4 News' International Editor Lindsey Hilsum shared a fascinating personal insight into the revolution in Libya last year that overthrew the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after 42......more
Assad: Western idealism and Eastern autocracy
By Merryn Johnson “I would be more pessimistic if I had to rewrite the last sentences,” said Christophe Ayad, co-director of Syria: Assad’s Twilight. The documentary finished where it began – with Bashar al-Assad’s brutality unleashed upon his own people, captured......more
Iran: dangerous or just misunderstood?
By Thomas Lowe International disagreement on the aims of the Iranian government was well represented on the discussion's panel. Does Iran seek regional hegemony? Are its motivations aggressive or defensive? And the pointed question at the heart of the......more
Jasad & the Queen of Contradictions
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The promise and peril of the Arab revolution
By Helena Williams “’It came out of nowhere because of Facebook and Google’ is not true. It was a long time coming.” So said Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera English’s senior political analyst and author of ‘The Invisible Arab: The promise and......more
Screening: An Arab Spring in Saudi?
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#FCBBCA: Crisis in Syria - what can be done?
Almost a year since the uprising began in Syria, 7000 people are estimated to have died at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The death this week of the revered journalist Marie Colvin - a founding member of the Frontline Club - has intensified the media spotlight on what has become a humanitarian crisis. A panel of experts on the situation came to the Frontline Club on Friday for a #FCBBCA event exploring possible solutions to the situation....more
Rebuilding Libya
By Alan Selby Much has happened since this time last year. The 15th of February 2011 saw the first Libyans take to the streets of Benghazi against a brutal dictatorship which ruled over them for 42 years. The events that......more
Frontline screening: Tweets from Tahrir
By: Will TurvillThe Frontline Club last night hosted an exclusive screening of an Al Jazeera documentary Tweets from Tahrir. The film, set to be broadcast on the network for the first time on Thursday, portrays the uprising in Egypt from......more
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