Nadje Al-Ali

This week’s revolutionary is Nadje Al-Ali, a feminist activist, academic, and professor at Brown University. Nadje was born in Germany, in a small town near the border of the Netherlands, to an Iraqi father and German mother. Her main research interests revolve around feminist activism and gendered mobilization, mainly with reference to political movements in the Middle East. Throughout our conversation, Nadje shares insights into how feminism differs across various cultures around the world, and how feminist activists and scholars can come together to make a difference worldwide. She shares how she specifically combines her academic and activist work together, and where she believes feminist scholars should be focusing their efforts nowadays to make real change. Some Questions I Ask: Tell me about your work. (0:53)Where did you grow up? (10:58)Why did you feel drawn to feminist activism? (15:17)What do you think is responsible for men’s awakening to seeing gender as the center of revolutionary change? (26:14)Tell me about your work around the tension around LGBT activism and queer feminism? (50:16)In This Episode, You Will Learn: How feminist activists and scholars are similar and different around the world. (4:08)About Nadje’s early experiences in feminist activist organizations. (14:05)How Nadje combines her academic and activist work. (19:09)What’s more effective: changing structure from the inside or from the outside. (38:14)Where feminists and scholars should focus their efforts. (56:33)Resources: Nadje Al-Ali’s Work at Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.