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Promoting democracy: past and present lessons for Iran, Egypt and beyond


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How can history - even ancient history - inform modern campaigning? Hear Iranian-American democracy campaigner Mariam Memarsadeghi and Egyptologist Alex Loktionov discuss their approaches to campaigning for change, in this event recorded at King's College London on 22 February 2018. The discussion was chaired by H&P's director Dr Andrew Blick and you can also read his paper co-authored with Alex, Promoting democracy in an ancient state: the case of Egypt.

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