Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the Conference on “Devout Faith and Liberal Democracy: Contribution or Contest?” at the Deutsches Haus at NYU, March 29-30, 2012.
Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the Conference on “Devout Faith and Liberal Democracy: Contribution or Contest?”. He spoke at a panel which explored the role devout faith plays today in light of the global push towards democracy, economic fairness, and security concerns.
The conference was organized by New York University’s Professor Marcia Pally, and was hosted by The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Deutsches Haus at NYU, with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Other participants included Dr. Joel Hunter (White House Council on Faith–Based and Neighborhood Partnerships), Karsten Voigt (Coordinator of German-North American Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office, 1999-2009), and Isabelle Werenfels (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, North Africa specialist).
Staff Activities
Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili’s article on “Economic development is key to consolidating democracy in Tunisia” was published by CNN on Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square (GPS) website. The article was published on December 13, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed by The Voice of Russia on the topic of “Exploring the Terrorists’ Point of View”. The interview was aired on October 21, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed by Russia Today’s Sophie Shevardnadze on the topic of “Islamists exploit Arab Spring aftermath to seize power”. The interview was aired on October 15, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the 10th Anniversary Session of the World Public Forum in Rhodes, Greece, October 3–8, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed on September 21, 2012 by Radio–Canada about the reaction of different communities in both the Muslim world and the West to the Innocence Of Muslims video and the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that were published in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated as a panelist in the C3 Summit on “Community, Collaboration, Commerce” in New York, New York, September 13–14, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili hosted a group of North African and Middle Eastern students from the Student Leadership Program at the NYU Center for Dialogues on August 1, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the Conference on “Devout Faith and Liberal Democracy: Contribution or Contest?” at the Deutsches Haus at NYU, March 29-30, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed for Newsweek/Daily Beast for a segment on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on May 17, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the Conference on “Devout Faith and Liberal Democracy: Contribution or Contest?” at the Deutsches Haus at NYU, March 29-30, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the interactive debate of the United Nations General Assembly on “Fostering Cross-Cultural Understanding for Building Peaceful and Inclusive Societies” at the United Nations Headquarters on March 22, 2012.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed on March 13, 2012 on the topic of contemporary conflict resolution, for a report on peace-building strategies in the Georgetown University Berkley Center’s Undergraduate Fellows Series.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili spoke and served as a moderator at the Third Conference of the Middle East section of the Valdai International Discussion Club on the subject “Transformation in the Arab World and Russia’s Interests,” held in Sochi, Russia, February 16–19, 2011.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations’ Fourth Annual Forum in Doha, Qatar, December 11–13, 2011.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed together with NYU Professor Marcia Pally by Dr. Chantal Bax, on the topic of prejudices towards Muslims and Evangelicals, on October 31, 2011.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the 9th General Meeting of the World Public Forum in Rhodes, Greece, October 6–10, 2011.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili delivered a lecture on the “Arab Spring” at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, Russia on October 5, 2011.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed for the Russian weekly analytical tv show Post Script on September 23, 2011.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili became the Special Adviser to the President of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2011 — September 2012.
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili
participated in the 11th International Likhachov Scientific Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 12–13, 2011 .
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili moderated a panel discussion at a conference on Islam in Ufa, Russia, March 24–26, 2011
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated as a panelist in an international conference on the Middle East Settlement in Valetta, Malta, December 9–10, 2010.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was invited to speak on Islam and Europe at Colorado College, October 22, 2010.
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili delivered a lecture on Islam and Islamophobia at a conference on Russia and the Islamic World, June 26–27, 2010
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the Third Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, "Bridging Cultures, Building Peace," May 27–29, 2010
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in the 10th International Likhachov Scientific Conference, May 13–14, 2010.
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili introduced the panelists of the New York Public Library Live!’s first conversation on
“Islam in Europe”, organized as part of “Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas”, June 9
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili appeared on Iranian news channel Press TV’s foreign policy show “Hearts and Minds” in February, March, April, and May to discuss U.S.–Muslim world relations
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in a North African tour by American writers organized through the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in Morocco and Tunisia April 22–May 7
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili participated in an Alliance of Civilizations brainstorming session on “Israeli and Palestinian Dialogues” in Lisbon February 18
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Assistant Director Andrea Stanton hosted a Spanish delegation at the NYU Center for Dialogues on January 23
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili was interviewed for a New York Daily News article about Muslims’ understandings of martyrdom on December 10 >
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili appeared on international news channel Press TV’s foreign policy show “Hearts and Minds” November 24 to discuss U.S.–Syrian relations >
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili and Assistant Director Andrea
Stanton hosted a Russian delegation at the NYU Center for Dialogues on November 20 >
- Assistant Director Andrea Stanton spoke on Islam and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights November 14 at the American Bar Association (ABA)’s “60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights“ conference >
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Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili and Assistant Director Andrea Stanton hosted a Danish delegation at the NYU Center for Dialogues on November 4 >
- Assistant Director Andrea Stanton spoke on “Religion and the 2008
Election” at the Albany Law School “Election 2008 Symposium” held in
Albany October 30, 2008 >
- Founder and Director Mustapha Tlili spoke on “Europe and Islam:
Shared History, Shared Identity, Shared Destiny” at the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation’s “Distance and Proximity” Conference held in
Lisbon October 27-28, 2008 >
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