About Wadah Khanfar

President of Al Sharq Forum & Former Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network. He is a board member of the International Crisis Group and Global Editors Network (GEN). Khanfar has been named as one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 global thinkers of 2011 as well as one of Fast Company's 'Most Creative People in Business' of the year.
26 Apr, 2016

The Future of Al Sharq Region: Between ‘The New Paradigm’ That Has Not Delivered Yet And ‘The Old’ That Has Not Been Completely Defeated

Wadah Khanfar | 26 April 2016 | TR

Tahrir Square in 2011 was the moment when hope was triggered in the MENA region for change.

The Future of Al Sharq Region: Between ‘The New Paradigm’ That Has Not Delivered Yet And ‘The Old’ That Has Not Been Completely Defeated2022-01-31T12:23:13+03:00
25 Apr, 2016

Khanfar: “It is not a reform or a renewal of our mind that we need. It is in fact a migration – a hijra – from an old model to a new one.”

Wadah Khanfar | 25 April 2016

The Arab world can break free of Western hegemony and internal ills It is not a reform or a renewal of our mind that we need. It is in fact a migration - a hijra [...]

Khanfar: “It is not a reform or a renewal of our mind that we need. It is in fact a migration – a hijra – from an old model to a new one.”2022-01-31T12:20:31+03:00
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