Seminar Agenda – Day 1

Seminar Agenda – Day 1Session Timing DetailsOpeningRemarks08:00 09:00 Registration09:00 09:30Al Jazeera Center for StudiesIraqi Center for Strategic StudiesGeneral Remarks on Nationalism and the Kurdish QuestionThe Kurdish Question in IraqHistory and Political Contexts: Developments in the Kurdish Question in IraqGhazi Faisal, University lecturer and former Iraqi ambassador to ParisFirstSession09:30 13:00The Federal System and the National StateJotiar Aqrawi, University lecturer at Salahaddin UniversitySaleem Al-Gburi, Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights in the Iraqi ParliamentThe Impact of the Kurdistan Region on its SurroundingsDhafer Alani, Iraqi academician and politicianPolitical Changes in Kurdistan: Reality and ProspectsAbdul Hakim Khosrow, University lecturer at Salahaddin University13:00 15:00 LunchThe Kurdish Question in SyriaSyria’s Kurds: A Historical ReadingFarouk Ismail, Member of the Kurdish National Council in SyriaSecondSession15:00 17:00Kurdish Parties and Groups and the Search for ConsensusKamiran Hago, Kurdish Activist in SyriaThe Kurds and the Syrian Revolution: Prospects and ExpectationsAbdulbaset Sieda, Former Chairman of the Syrian National CouncilAli Sadr Eddin Al-Bayanuni, Deputy Comptroller General of Syrian Muslim BrotherhoodGeorge Sabra, Chairman of the Syrian National CouncilEnd of Day One

Seminar Agenda – Day 2Session Timing DetailsThe Kurdish Question in TurkeyThe Kurds in Turkey and the Modern Turkish StateYılmaz Ensaroğlu, Human rights activist in the Kurdish QuestionThirdSession09:00 11:00The Kurds under the Rule of the Justice and Development PartyYıldıray Ogur, Journalist writer in the Turkish daily “Taraf”The Justice and Development Party’s Vision for Solving the Kurdish Question in TurkeyCengiz Çandar, Asoc. Professor on The History of Modern Middle EastThe Future Relationship between the Kurds and the Turkish State and Its Impact on the RegionSedat Yurtdas, Lawyer and activist in the Kurdish Question11:00 11:30 Coffee BreakThe Kurdish Question in IranFourthSession11:30 13:00Iran's Kurds: A Historical ReadingHussein Aghapouri, Academic researcher at the University of Auckland, New ZealandThe Kurds Under the Islamic RepublicMuhammad Ali Muhtadi, Academic researcher in IranThe Future Relationship between the Kurds and the Iranian State and Its Impact on the RegionShamal Bashir, Activist in the Kurdish QuestionLoghman Ahmedi, Head of Foreign Relations of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan13:00 15:00 LunchClosingSession15:00 17:00Open Discussion:Towards A New Vision of the Kurdish Question in the MashriqEnd of Seminar