{"id":223,"date":"2007-06-06T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T02:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/06\/more-on-mutanabbi\/"},"modified":"2007-06-09T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2007-06-09T14:49:12","slug":"more-on-mutanabbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/outreach\/community\/more-on-mutanabbi\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Mutanabbi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mutanabbiI mentioned before the reading planned in San Francisco in support of the literary community of Baghdad<\/a> (follow the link for a video; the contact to offer assistance is Beau Beausoleil at overlandbooks [at] earthlink [dot] net).<\/p>\n

From London come details of two parallel events. The text of an e-mail announcement follows after the break.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Liberal & openDemocracy present…
\nIRAN AND THE
\nFUTURE OF LIBERALISM<\/p>\n

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently called on Iranian students to “yell against liberal thoughts.” Yet the philosophy of Liberalism has suffused the nation’s rich cultural fabric and reinvigorated her intellectual life; the ideas of Habermas, Hegel, Kant and Arendt have become the subject of impassioned debates about the nature of civil society and the public sphere. In an age averse to affirmation, the citizens of this reactionary theocracy see Liberalism for what it is — a profoundly radical political project whose time has come.<\/p>\n

with<\/p>\n

DANNY POSTEL
\nSenior Editor at openDemocracy
\nand author of ‘Reading “Legitimation Crisis” in Tehran’<\/p>\n

ZIBA MIR-HOSSEINI
\nSenior Research Associate at the London Middle East Institute,
\nSOAS, University of London<\/p>\n

PROFESSOR MARY KALDOR
\nDirector of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance,
\nLondon School of Economics<\/p>\n

Chair: Benjamin Ramm
\nEditor, The Liberal<\/p>\n

Thursday 31st May, 1-2pm
\nThe Royal Society of Arts
\n8 John Adam Street
\nLondon
\nWC2N 6EZ<\/p>\n

Admission free, advance booking recommended.
\nEmail lectures@rsa.org.uk to reserve your place
\nor call (020) 8444 1944 for further information.
\nwww.theliberal.co.uk<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

In association with The Liberal,
\nCRIES FROM THE HEART
\nAn evening of music, poetry and prose testament,
\nin support of Human Rights Watch<\/p>\n

Featuring a star-studded cast, including<\/p>\n

Tom Stoppard
\nSophie Okonedo
\nJuliet Stevenson
\nJeremy Irons
\nNitin Sawhney
\nLemn Sissay
\nGeorge Alagiah
\nRageh Omaar<\/p>\n

Sunday 17th June, 7pm
\nRoyal Court Theatre
\nSloane Square
\nLondon
\nSW1W 8AS<\/p>\n

To reserve a ticket, or for further information,
\ncontact Erin Rattazzi
\nerin.rattazzi@hrw.org
\n(020) 7713 2773<\/p>\n

\n

Image from BBC news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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