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Welcome to The World Affairs Council of Rhode Island
The
World Affairs Council of Rhode Island is a non-profit, non-partisan organization constituted for the purpose of carrying on public education in the field of foreign affairs and American foreign policy.
For
83 years, WACRI has brought the world to Rhode Island. Our monthly
speaker series and International Visitors Program have offered our
members a broad perspective on our world and its people. We
foster a community of globally minded people, exchanging ideas in a
civil and vibrant way.
We invite you to join WACRI, and become a part of our community of globally oriented citizens.
Our Next
Dinner/Speaker Event
Thursday, February 20, 2025
6:00PM
at the Hope Club
6 Benevolent Street, Providence RI
The Politics of Gender in the Middle East: Dilemmas, Challenges, and Resistance
Presenting: Nadje Al-Ali
Nadje Al-Ali is the Robert Family Professor of International Studies, and Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies. Her main research interests revolve around feminist activism and gendered mobilization, mainly with reference to Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey and the Kurdish political movement. Her publications include What kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq (2009, University of California Press, co-authored with Nicola Pratt); Women and War in the Middle East: Transnational Perspectives (Zed Books, 2009, co-edited with Nicola Pratt); Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present (2007, Zed Books), and Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press 2000. Her co-edited book with Deborah al-Najjar entitled We are Iraqis: Aesthetics & Politics in a Time of War (Syracuse University Press) won the 2014 Arab-American book prize for non-fiction. More recent publications include (jointly with Deniz Kandiyoti and Kathryn Spellman Poots) Gender, Governance & Islam (University of Edinburgh Press, 2019) and Resisting Far-Right Politics in the Middle East and Europe: Queer Feminist Critiques (ed. With Tunay Altay and Katharina Galor, University of Edinburgh Press, 2024). Professor Al-Ali is on the advisory board of kohl: a journal of body and gender research and has been involved in several feminist organizations and campaigns transnationally.
Members and Their Guests $56.00
Non-members $66.00
Cocktails at 6:00 (cash bar)
Dinner served at 6:45
Presentation following
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