Date of session: 2nd April 2020
In the first session of the Al Sharq Diwan (English version), Mr. Wadah Khanfar, the President of Al Sharq Forum, goes in depth on how pandemics have shaped and re-shaped the structures and ideas that govern the world's systems historically. He further explores what effects pandemics have on the speed of history itself, while looking into the trends in economics and politics, at an international and regional levels.