"We Live in Cairo" Act II Series: A Discussion with Tarek Masoud

Date: 

Saturday, June 1, 2019, 2:00pm

Location: 

American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge

Presented by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, the Ash Center and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School, the We Live in Cairo Act II Series invites audience members to remain at the theater following select performances for a curated discussion. The discussions are free and open to ticket-holders of any performance, subject to availability. Join us June 1st after the 2:00pm performance for a conversation with Tarek Masoud, Professor of Public Policy and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations; Faculty Chair, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School. 

Tickets are required. For tickets and more information, please visit the A.R.T. website or contact A.R.T. Ticket Services at 617.547.8300.

About We Live in Cairo

Written by brothers Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour, We Live in Cairo is inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets in 2011 to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak. It follows six revolutionary students armed with laptops and cameras, guitars, and spray cans from the jubilation of Cairo's Tahrir Square where the Egyptian revolution unfolded through the tumultuous years that followed.

Speaker Biography

Tarek Masoud is a Professor of Public Policy and the Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he is also Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative. His research focuses on political development in Arabic-speaking and Muslim-majority countries. He is the author of Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2014), of The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform with Jason Brownlee and Andrew Reynolds (Oxford University Press, 2015), as well as of several articles and book chapters. He is an advisor on We Live in Cairo.