CCT Adjunct Professor Adel Iskandar on HuffPost Live

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Adjunct Professor Adel Iskandar was interviewed for a recent HuffPost Live segment, “Sexual Violence in Egypt.” The segment originally aired on February 21. In it, Professor Iskandar discussed the problem of sexual violence in Egypt, situating it in the context of political competition. He explained that systematic sexual abuse is in fact wielded as a weapon of political violence.

Professor Iskandar will also be speaking on a panel entitled “From Screens to Streets” on the morning of February 28 at the “Media as Global Diplomat: Media that Moves Millions” summit hosted by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and Independent Television Service (ITVS). The summit will focus on user-generated media and political mobilization. Please find the event details here: http://www.usip.org/events/media-that-moves-millions.