Anouar Majid presents at conference on The Arab Spring and Constitutionalism in the Middle East

Anouar Majid, associate provost for global initiatives and director of the Center for Global Humanities, presented a paper on "Religion and the State" at a conference on “The Arab Spring and Constitutionalism in the Middle East,” held at the Fordham University's Law School in New York City.

Majid's presentation was part of a panel titled Controversial Subjects that a Constitution Needs to Address. Other presenters on the panel included Abdallah Alashaal, a candidate for president in the last election, and Nestor Davidson, a professor of law. The panel was moderated by Elizabeth Defeis, a professor of law and Advisor to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.

Majid also moderated a panel on Constitutional Design, which featured Ruti Teitel, a distinguished law professor; Driss El Yazami, Morocco’s chairman of the Human Rights Council; Ghazi Gherairi, a prominent Tunisian jurist; and Farida Abidi, a member of the Tunisian Ennahda Movement and president of the Drafting Commission on Rights and Liberties of the future Tunisian Constitution.

In addition to Majid's contributions, the event was partly co-sponsored by the Center for Global Humanities.
 

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