INSTITUT DES CULTURES ARABES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES
AGENDA CULTUREL – الدليل الثقافي العربي
Présentation du Livre:
Syria after the uprisings, the political economy of state resilience
(Pluto Press – Haymarket 2019) – Joseph Daher
Jeudi 10 octobre 2019 – 19h
Librairie l’Olivier, Genève
La Syrie a été au centre de l’actualité depuis la mi-mars 2011, à la suite du déclenchement d’un soulèvement populaire massif dans le pays et la répression violente qui s’est abattu à son encontre. Plus de huit ans plus tard, Joseph Daher analyse la résilience du régime syrien et les échecs du mouvement de protestation, tout en examinant de plus près les processus contre-révolutionnaires qui ont miné le soulèvement populaire de l’intérieur et de l’extérieur.
À travers une reconstruction nette des principaux événements historiques, Daher se concentre sur les raisons de la transformation d’un soulèvement populaire pacifique en une guerre destructrice opposant de nombreux acteurs régionaux et internationaux. Ce livre tente d’avoir une analyse globale des caractéristiques économiques, sociales et politiques du conflit dans sa dimension nationale, régionale et internationale. En même temps, la compréhension du soulèvement populaire syrien nécessite une perspective historique remontant à la prise du pouvoir par Hafez al-Assad en 1970.
Ce livre est le fruit de plusieurs années de recherche et de discussions avec des militant-es, des étudiant-es, des membres de partis politiques et des universitaires syrien-nes.
La rencontre sera suivie d’un verre de l’amitié et d’une séance de dédicaces.
Description de l’auteur:
Joseph Daher est un activiste et un universitaire. Il enseigne à l’Université de Lausanne en Suisse et est professeur affilié à l’Institut universitaire européen de Florence (Italie). Il est aussi l’auteur du « Hezbollah Un fondamentalisme religieux à l’épreuve du néolibéralisme (Syllepse 2016) et fondateur du blog Syria Freedom Forever.
Arab women have been stereotyped as ‘voiceless’ and ‘submissive’ to traditional oppressive patriarchal regimes. However, the fact is, Arab women have historically been & continue to be in the front-lines of the fight for democracy and human rights in the Middle East. This struggle is not new, it has been witnessed repeatedly, as manifested in the fight against colonialism to the contemporary recent revolts against corrupt and unjust regimes. This is evident in women’s bold and significant participation, alongside men, in the revolutions that have swept the Middle East since 2011, including women’s active roles in the ongoing revolts in Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Tunisia & Egypt.
Accordingly, as part of the Gender & Diversity month, The MENA Student Initiative is excited to warmly welcome you to participate in our event titled « Arab Women in the Front-lines of Revolutions ».
The event will take place on Tuesday 26th November, from 4-6 pm in Auditorium 2 at the Graduate Institute.
We will screen the renowned film « Feminism Inshallah, A History of Arab Feminism » by the filmmaker & author Feriel Ben Mahmoud. The film features previously unreleased archival footage and exclusive multi-generational interviews, tracking women’s historic & significant contributions within the fight for human rights.
Following the film, we will have a discussion between the audience and the panel.
Then, we welcome all participants to join us in the entrance lobby of Petal 2 to continue our discussions in a more relaxed atmosphere over drinks and food.
The panelists include:
* Paola Salwan Daher (Lebanon): is the Senior Global Advocacy Advisor at the Geneva Office of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Her work focuses mainly on advocacy at the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms and on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls affected by conflict. She currently sits on the Board of the Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights. She previously worked at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Center for Research and Training on Development – Action in Beirut, where she was also a member of the Feminist Collective/Nasawiya.
* Zahra Al Sagban (Iraqi): an activist and a political scientist from Iraq. Zahra wrote her thesis on the social history of Iraqi women and also discussed the work of NGOs in Iraq after 2003.
* Maryam al Khawaja (Bahrain): a leading voice for human rights and political reform in Bahrain and the Gulf region. Maryam played an instrumental role in the pro-democracy protests in Bahrain’s Pearl Roundabout in February 2011. Due to her human rights work, she was subjected to assault, threats, defamation campaigns, imprisonment and an unfair trial. Maryam serves on the Boards of the International Service for Human Rights, Urgent Action Fund, CIVICUS and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.
We look forward to warmly welcoming you and having you participate in our event on this pertinent and major subject.
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