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As well as political and diplomatic delegates, there were attendees from charities such as Seeds of Peace and Amnesty International, research centres such as Chatham House, the Economist Intelligence Unit and Dubai Consultancy Research and Media Centre, representatives from business and finance from Barclays Capital and Risk Management Solutions, journalists from BBC, Time Magazine and Kayhan London (an Iranian newspaper) and of course academics from various universities in the UK, America and the Middle East. The conference was recorded for podcasts and was tweeted live on Twitter under the hashtag #lsearabiran. The conference was organized around four panel discussions: Iran and the Arab World Post-2003 Reporting Iranian-Arab Relations: Media, Ethics and Conflict Ethnicity, Religion and Nation National Security, Regional Stability: Prospects for Arab-Iranian Conflict and Cooperation The keynote speaker was Professor Gary Sick from Columbia University. He brought his expertise and experience as both an academic and advisor to the American government during Irans Islamic revolution and hostage crisis, to lead a fascinating discussion on prospects for conflict and cooperation in the Middle East. Academic Publications Book During the fellowship the dinam fellow completed the manuscript for a book due to be published by Routledge in March 2012. The book is entitled Sectarian Conflict in Egypt: Coptic Media, Identity and Representation. With a focuson the role of religion in the politics of communal and national identity and also the impact of media on sectarian conflict, thebook examines in depth the processes through which identity and belonging are negotiated via the media within the wider framework of changing socio-economic and political realities in Egypt. Using a combination of methodological approaches, including comprehensive surveys and discourse analysis, the research offers a new perspective on the politics of identity in Egypt. The final chapters assess the impact of the Arab Spring on the problem of sectarianism and on the potential to establish a democratic and inclusive system of government. Journal Articles The dinam fellow completed three journal articles. The first was published in September in the International Journal of Communication and is entitled Connecting the National and the Virtual: Can Facebook Activism Remain Relevant After Egypts January 25 Uprising. The second article will be published in the Journal of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations in January 2012. Its title is The mediation of MuslimChristian relations in Egypt: the strategies and discourses of the official Egyptian press during Mubarak's presidency. The third article is under consideration at a Middle East Studies journal. The working title is Framing Egyptian-Iranian Conflict in the Egyptian Media via Hezbollah: identity politics and regional rivalry at the end of the Mubarak era. Book Chapter The Dinam fellow co-authored a book chapter called Social Media versus State Media: Egypts fight for information after the January 25 Uprising. This is due to be published in January 2012 in an edited volume entitled Social Media Go to WarCivil Unrest, Rebellion and Revolution in the Age of Twitter. Media Articles The dinam fellow used this year to contribute to public dialogue on conflict in the Middle East through publishing journalistic articles. Eleven articles were published in English and Arabic. Interviews The dinam fellow was interviewed by various media channels across the world. She commented on Egypt, Iran, Tunisia, Syria and the implications of the Arab Spring in general. Policy Briefings Oxford Analytica The dinam fellow wrote a series of short briefings, mainly pointing to the significance and potential impact of sectarian violence in Egypt but also analysing outcomes from the Egyptian uprising. These reports were disseminated as part of Oxford Analyticas daily brief, which is directed at business and civil society leaders and government officials. Conference Briefing In order to make the outcomes of the conference available and accessible to policy makers, the dinam fellow wrote a short report on the conference in a policy briefing format similar to that used for Oxford Analytica. Persian The dinam fellow took a course in elementary Persian and is now able to read basic news articles. st~ ? 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