Writing a book. When i started the movement, i gave a speech. I was invited to give a speech. People cried to that speech. People gave me two standing ovations. This never happened in the history of that conference. When i came down the stage, this lady came to me and she said, when are we going to read your story . And i thought, who would ever be interested in reading about my insignificant life . But that really sparked the idea of writing this book. Lamb when was that . Alsharif i gave the speech in 2012 and that is when i started writing it. Lamb where did you give the speech and why . Alsharif it was also a Freedom Forum and it was hosted by human rights foundation. It is based in new york and they invite activists from all around the world to tell their stories of standing against tyrants and standing and fighting for human rights. That was in oslo. Lamb lets start from the beginning. Where were you born . Alsharif i am born in mecca in the year of trouble, i call it, which is 1
This . Manal alsharif why . Tough question. I never thought of writing a book. When i started the movement, i gave a speech. I was invited to give a speech. People cried. People gave me two standing ovations. This never happened in the history of that conference. When i came down the stage, this lady came to me and she said, when are we going to read your story . And i thought, who would ever be interested in reading about my insignificant life . But that really sparked the idea of writing this book. Lamb when was that . Alsharif i gave the speech in 2012 and that is when i started writing it. Lamb where did you give the speech and why . Alsharif it was also a Freedom Forum and it was hosted by human rights foundation. It is based in new york and they invite activists from all around the world to tell their stories of standing against tyrants and standing and fighting for human rights. Lamb lets start from the beginning. Where were you born . Alsharif i am born in mecca in the year of
Writing a book. When i started the movement, i gave a speech. I was invited to give a speech. People cried to that speech. People gave me two standing ovations. This never happened in the history of that conference. When i came down the stage, this lady came to me and she said, when are we going to read your story . And i thought, who would ever be interested in reading about my insignificant life . But that really sparked the idea of writing this book. Lamb when was that . Alsharif i gave the speech in 2012 and that is when i started writing it. Lamb where did you give the speech and why . Alsharif it was also a Freedom Forum and it was hosted by human rights foundation. It is based in new york and they invite activists from all around the world to tell their stories of standing against tyrants and standing and fighting for human rights. That was in oslo. Lamb lets start from the beginning. Where were you born . Alsharif i am born in mecca in the year of trouble, i call it, which is 1
I want to remind everybody that todays meeting is on the record. It is also being livestreamed over the internet on cfr. Org so everyone who is watching us by the internet, welcome. Also remember since this is on the record, anything you say can and possibly will be used against you. It is my great pleasure to introduce the three distinguished historians we have with us today to talk about world war i. You all have complete bios so im not going to go through everything our panelists have written over the course of their distinguished careers, but i want to briefly introduce them. We will go from my immediate right, at least geographically. Let me begin by introducing john milton cooper, he is Professor Emeritus of history at the university of wisconsin, madison, and he is written on that has written widely on early 19thcentury and 20thcentury history. His books include Woodrow Wilson a biography and breaking the heart of the world. Next, professor jennifer keene. She is professor and c
That represents one interest group. It has a kind of internal politics but to question would indicate to what degree are people accountable to the public. They are not fully accountable to the public in the way we would recognize year but one thing youve seen over the last few years is they can no longer afford to be unaware of what people care about and what they want so they have to now fall the web followed closely people talk about online. They have to try to keep the sense of be one step ahead of where Public Opinion is. Public opinion matters in china but the thing the communist party worries most about all of all is unrest. So theyre trying to prevent what can be discontent from becoming political instability. Host president nixon 1972, jimmy carter in 1978. Which was the most significant . Guest i think no question that nixon going to china was a Pivotal Moment in the 20th century a transform the trajectory of china in ways that it is even hard for us to imagine at that time. I