Past Debates: Series 7
Series 7 highlights
Watch a selection of highlights from all Series 7 Doha Debates and Doha Debates Specials.
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Monday, May 30 2011This House believes resistance to the Arab Spring is futileAnouar Boukhars, Professor of International relations FORMOTION PASSED by 73% to 27%
Jane Kinninmont, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House AGAINST
Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch FOR
Ahmed Ali al-Mukhaini, Political researcher AGAINST
Broadcast: 4-5 June, 2011
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Monday, April 18 2011This House believes Arabs, not NATO, should be dealing with LibyaMohammed Ali Abdallah, National Front for the Salvation of Libya FORMOTION REJECTED by 45% to 55%
Fadel Lamen, President, American-Libyan Council AGAINST
Paul Salem, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut FOR
Omar Ashour, Middle East Studies, University of Exeter AGAINST
Broadcast: 23-24 April, 2011
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Monday, March 14 2011This House believes for the sake of democracy Egypt should postpone electionsMarwa Sharafeldin, Human rights campaigner FORMOTION PASSED by 84% to 16%
Esam el Erian, Spokesman, Muslim Brotherhood AGAINST
Shaheer George, Activist FOR
Sherif Taher, Politician AGAINST
Broadcast: 19-20 March, 2011
Venue: AUC Tahrir Square Campus, Cairo, Egypt
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Tuesday, February 22 2011This House believes that Arab revolutions will just produce different dictatorsRaoudha Ben Othman, University of Tunis FORMOTION REJECTED by 26% to 74%
Shibley Telhami, Author and scholar AGAINST
Kamal Ben Younes, Political analyst FOR
Fares Mabrouk, Yale World Fellow AGAINST
Broadcast: 26-27 February, 2011
Venue: Tunis, Tunisia
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Monday, January 24 2011This House believes the world is better off with WikileaksSir Richard Dalton, Former British Ambassador to Iran FORMOTION PASSED by 74% to 26%
Carl W. Ford Jr., Former US State Department intelligence chief AGAINST
Carne Ross , Founder and Director, Independent Diplomat FOR
Scott Gilmore, Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust AGAINST
Broadcast: 5-6 February, 2011
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Monday, December 06 2010This House believes education is worthless without freedom of speechDennis Hayes, Academics for Academic Freedom FORMOTION PASSED by 53% to 47%
Nagla Rizk, American University in Cairo AGAINST
Tariq Ramadan, Philosopher and Islamic scholar FOR
Kevin Watkins, Education For All, UNESCO AGAINST
Broadcast: 8-9 January, 2011
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Wednesday, November 10 2010This House would prefer money to free electionsN. Janardhan, UAE-based political analyst FORMOTION REJECTED by 37% to 63%
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian politician and author AGAINST
Jean-Francois Seznec, Georgetown University FOR
Wael Abbas, Egyptian blogger and democracy activist AGAINST
Broadcast: 13-14 November, 2010
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Monday, October 11 2010This House believes France is right to ban the face veilJacques Myard, French politician,UMP party FORMOTION REJECTED by 22% to 78%
Nabila Ramdani, French journalist and academic AGAINST
Farzana Hassan, Canadian author and activist FOR
Mehdi Hasan, NewStatesman magazine AGAINST
Broadcast: 16-17 October, 2010
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