Program

2:00 – 3:30 pm
Visit to a TV Station
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Visit to Bibliotheca Alexandrina
5:00 pm
Departure to Cairo
8:00 pm
Arrival at the hotel in Cairo
Saturday, October 25
Looking Forward
9:00 – 10:30 am
“Egyptian and Tunisian Media Before and After the
Revolution: Changes and Continuity”
Hussein Amin, professor, Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
and
Finnish Institute in the Middle East
“The Future of Egyptian Media and Journalism”
Naila Hamdy, Hussein Amin and Firas Al-Atraqchi (AUC)
and Amany Fahmy (Cairo University)
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Seminar
Lunch break
“Media in Transition:
Egypt and Tunisia”
2:00 – 3:30 pm
“What Did We Learn”
Student presentations
7:00 pm
Dinner at Al-Azhar Park
Sunday, October 26
Travel Back to Finland
For more information
Said Sadek
Egypt Representative
Finnish Institute in the Middle East
said.sadek@fime.fi
October 20 – 26, 2014
Falaki Academic Center • Room 810
AUC Tahrir Square
“Media in Transition: Egypt and Tunisia”
Program
Monday, October 20
Arrival and Check In
4:00 am
Arrival at Cairo Airport
Accommodation at Golden Tulip Flamenco Hotel,
Zamalek
Introduction
Naila Hamdy, chair, Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication
10:00 am – 11:30 am
“Media After the Arab Spring”
Rasha Abdulla, associate professor, Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication
11:30 am
Coffee break
12:00 –1:30 pm
“A View from the Newsroom: Working as Journalist
in Egypt”
Suzy Elguindy, Egyptian journalist, Al-Ahram Alaraby
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Lunch break
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Student presentations (Room 753)
5:00 pm
Bus pickup for shopping in Khan El Khalili
8:30 pm
Bus pickup for returning to hotel
Tuesday, October 21
Transformation of the Media Sphere
9:00 – 10:30 am
“New and Old Social Media in the Region: From
Coffeehouses and Friday Sermons to Smartphones
and Twitter — A Fragmented Public Sphere”
Kim Fox, associate professor of practice, Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
“Role of International Media: Al-Jazeera and
Other International Media”
Doha Al-Zohairy, Al-Arabyia correspondent
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch break
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Visit to Cairo University faculty of mass
communication meeting students and faculty
for open discussions
7:00 pm
Get-together with local journalism students at
Sequoia restaurant, Zamalek
Wednesday, October 22
Media’s Role in Democratization
9:00 – 10:30 am
“How Do Media Advance Democratization?”
Discussing traditional media (TV and
newspapers) and social media
Amani Ismail, assistant professor, Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
“Egyptian and Tunisian Media: What Can be
Done and What Really Happened”
Firas Al-Atraqchi, associate professor of practice,
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
8:30 pm
Zar ceremony, a traditional Egyptian night
Thursday, October 23
Alternative Media
9:00 – 10:30 am
“Media and Policy: Tactics and Strategies”
Mervat Abu Oaf, professor of practice, Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
“Case Study: Private Egyptian ONTV Channel After
the Revolution”
Naila Hamdy, Associate Professor and Chair of the
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
12.30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch break
2:00 – 3:30 pm
“Islamist Media: Successes and Failures”
Said Sadek, political communication expert
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Reception, Residence of Finnish Ambassador
Friday, October 24
Day Trip to Alexandria
8:00 am
Departure to Alexandria
12:30 – 2:00 pm
11:00 am
Lunch Break
Arrival in Alexandria
2:00 – 3:30 pm
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
“TV Talk Shows and Political Satire Programs”
(Room 753)
Sara El Khalili, independent media trainer
and consultant
Visit to the Swedish Institute and the Anna Lindh
Foundation
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch break