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Despite the tumultuous events of the Arab revolts that ignited in 2010, the voices of some women continue to be obscured. This is a consequence of the media and intelligentsia’s singular focus on political and military movements led by men, overlooking the fundamental role of women as integral components of Arab society during the so-called Arab Spring. This online seminar delves into the analysis of women’s participation in the Arab revolts emphasizing their contributions to the struggle for freedom against dictatorship and the military propaganda exploiting women as soldiers or politicians and considering others as sexual objects for armed groups in Syria for instance. The seminar also grabs attention on gender-based violence against women based on their ethnicity and religion. Our objective is to explore the distinctive roles played by Arab women as political activists, artists, journalists, and writers, showing how they resist and denounce political and military and crimes against women.
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The New University in Exile Consortium’s Co-Led Online Seminars are taught by two endangered scholars – one who is hosted by a Consortium member institution, and the other a colleague of their choice. The seminars are designed to reconnect endangered scholars with the academic community they have lost while in exile and reengage students from around the world with professors they have lost. They are free and open to anyone anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
Certificates of Satisfactory Completion:
Participants who attend 8 out of 10 complete seminar sessions are elligible to receive a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion signed by the Executive Dean of The New School for Social Research.
Language of instruction will be Arabic
Presented by the New University in Exile Consortium at The New School for Social Research.
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Dr. Almohammed is a scholar of French and Francophone literature and interdisciplinary cultural studies. He completed his PhD at Université d’Auvergne Clermont (2009) on the theme of death in 20th-century French “meteor” poets. Formerly a professor at Aleppo University, he has combined teaching with work in journalism and documentary filmmaking. He has held visiting professorships at UC Santa Barbara, Brandeis, Wesleyan, and Sivas Cumhuriyet University, and most recently taught a seminar on the Arab Spring and Political Art at Marburg University (2023). His research interests span ecocriticism, visual and intercultural studies of the Middle East, politics in the Arab world, and media studies. Currently, he is developing a book project, Poetic Meteorology and Eco-writing, exploring climate and literature in contemporary Francophone writing.
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shibli holds a Ph.D. in Arabic Literature (2014) from Tishreen University. His research spans comparative literature, postmodern criticism, cultural anthropology, and gender studies. He has published extensively on the image of the “Other,” feminist representation in literature, and cross-cultural narratives in both Arabic contexts. Among his key works are “Representation of the Other in the Novel” (2021) and “Death and Life in the Poetry of Lorca and Nazik Al-Malaika” (2019). He has participated in numerous international conferences focusing on narratology, gender, and ideology. He is interested in feminist discourse, narrative identity, cultural semiotics, and literary anthropology. His academic trajectory bridges literary theory with contemporary social critique.
The New University in Exile Consortium is committed to an open, inclusive, and collaborative environment. As facilitators of a global online learning community, the Consortium does not tolerate harassment in any form. We are colleagues and we treat each other with respect. Registrants and participants in our co-led online seminars are expected to adhere to the Online Code of Conduct.
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