This session was presented during Coptic Solidarity’s 14th Annual Conference, Egypt’s Theocratic Governance Backsliding: More Risks for Citizenship Rights, held in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room 201, in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2026.
- Chair: Hayvi Bouzo – Co-founder & Executive Director, Yalla; Co-founder & Executive Director Middle East 24
- Sean Nelson – Senior Counsel, Global Religious Freedom, Alliance Defending Freedom International
- Loay Alshareef – Peace Activist and Abraham Accords Peace Advocate
- Tom Harb – Co-Chair of American Mideast Coalition for Democracy
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