Nadje Al-Ali teaches at the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS University of London. She is specialised in women and gender issues with reference to the Middle East; particularly Iraq and Egypt, and more recently Turkey and Kurdish issues.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The double standards applied to academic freedomThe political right is not only cracking down on academic freedoms, but has started simultaneously to become a...
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Published in: HomeKurds and Turks are at the edge of a cliffAyla Akat, women’s rights activist, has for many years sought a political solution to the Turkish-Kurdish conflict...
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Published in: HomeKurdish women’s battle continues against state and patriarchy, says first female co-mayor of Diyarbakir. InterviewAfter this military coup, the government may use this as an excuse to strengthen their sexist, militarist and...
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Published in: 50.50Sexualized violence in Iraq: how to understand and fight it
Sexualised and gender-based violence in Iraq, highlighted in recent weeks in relation to ISIS atrocities, has been...
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Published in: 50.50Iraq: gendering authoritarianismWomen in Iraq bear the brunt of increasing levels of gender-based violence, inadequate infrastructure and poverty....