Events

The conference will be held over the course of three days, and about two hundred Egyptian and Arab intellectuals and media people, who represent different intellectual ideas and age groups, will be in attendance. It will also be attended by Islamic and Christian leaders. The conference will include a number of sessions in which the phenomenon of religious extremism and the role that intellectuals should play in fighting it will be discussed. The discussions will cover issues relating to education, media, religious discourse, and national security. Special attention will be paid to certain topics, such as cultural and religious diversity in the region and freedom of speech and expression.