A Reproductive Justice Framework for Queer Liberation: Perspective from Lebanon
By Roula Seghaier This blog and others in the series are based on presentations during a workshop organised by the LSE Middle East Centre on 26 February 2019. ...more
Civil Society in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region Launch the ‘Coalition for Just Reparations’
by Güley Bor Eman Abd Ramen of the Women Leadership Institute, a women’s rights NGO based in Baghdad, and one of the members of the ...more
The Iraqi State: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations
by Nida Alahmad A celebratory coin issued by the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003, after the invasion of Iraq and fall of the Saddam ...more
Sexualities and LGBTQI+ Activism in Tunisia: the Example of the Feminist LGBT Movement Chouf
By Silvia Quattrini and Bochra Triki Mural in downtown Tunis by Chouf in collaboration with the feminist collective Fearless. It reads: “Be tender with yourself”; “Listen ...more
Rethinking Transnational Solidarities
By Nour Abu-Assab and Nof Nasser-Eddin This blog and others in the series are based on presentations during a workshop organised by the LSE Middle East Centre on ...more
Sexualities and LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa
by Polly Withers This is the introduction to a series of memos presented as part of a panel organised by the LSE Middle East Centre on 26 February 2019. ...more
Protests and Power: Lessons from Iraqi Kurdistan’s Opposition Movement
by Zmkan Ali Saleem & Mac Skelton The leadership of Gorran (The Movement for Change) pictured in June 2019. Source: Bryar Namiq As mass protests calling ...more
Dubai Mall or Souq Naif? The Quest for ‘Authenticity’ and Social Distinction
by Rana AlMutawa A woman pauses over her Moroccan Tea at Marina Walk, Dubai. Source: Stephen Geyer, Flickr Frustrated with people’s ideas about ‘authentic’ Mexican culture, ...more
Can Iraq's Revolution Succeed? Reflections from a Protest Movement at a Crossroads
by Christine McCaffray van den Toorn and Raad Alkadiri A 'tuk tuk', now a symbol of the protests, carries demonstrators in Baghdad. Source: Ahmed Raed, https://www.instagram.com/iahmedll/ Six ...more
Partition: The Only Solution to End Yemen’s Crisis
by Fraz Naqvi Demonstrators in Aden march with the flag of South Yemen. Source: Bushra Al Maqtari, Gulf House As the conflict in Yemen approaches its ...more
