The Al-Ahram Weekly yesterday published an article by Ismail Serageldin, entitled "Arab Reform: from Rhetoric to Reality". This important essay is reproduced here .. Essay Link
However, since it appeared, the process of preparing for the conference has led to the following changes:
The Arab Organization for Human Rights, joined the Bibliotheca Alexandrina as a co-sponsor, and the organizers heeded the views emerging from the consultative preparatory process, and have added two special topics: Youth Employment and The role of Women. These two topics would be given special attention and highlighted, rather than leaving them as sub-items under the social heading.