Women Revolutionaries and Feminist Icons in the SWANA Region with Jennifer Moghannam, Anila Daulatzai, and Alborz Ghandehari

<p>In this episode, collective members Ankine Antaram and Rana Sharif are joined by Jennifer Moghannam, Anila Daulatzai, and Alborz Ghandehari to consider the complex ways women have and continue to be central to revolution in the SWANA region. Undeniably, women’s commitments to anti-imperialist, anti-militarism, and anti-colonial efforts extend beyond the spectacular and have resonance in the everyday forms of resistance of women’s work, social reproduction, and beyond. Women resist, fight, and organize against heteropatriarchal nationalism, imperial powers, militarization, occupation, and (settler) colonialism. They also challenge patriarchy and power in their homes, on the streets, and in the workplace. Please join us as we learn about the significance of historical memory and the palatable violences of ongoing militarization, settler colonialism, and occupation confronting the women of Iran, Palestine, and Afghanistan.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jennifer Mogannam is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow and will join the department of Critical Race and Ethnic studies at UC Santa Cruz in July. She is a critical, cross-disciplinary scholar of Palestinian and Arab transnational movements, third world solidarities, gendered power in anti-colonial struggle, violence, refuge, and revolution. Jennifer has organized in transnational Palestinian and Arab community spaces for nearly 20 years, formerly with the Palestinian Youth Movement and currently as a founder of the Palestinian Feminist Collective. Her publications include: “Borders are Obsolete Part II: Reflections on Central American Caravans and Mediterranean Crossings,” “Locating Palestinians at the Intersections: Indigeneity, Critical Refugee Studies, and Decolonization,” “Syria's anti-imperialist mask: unveiling contradictions of the left through anti-capitalist thought,” and “Borders are Obsolete: Relations Beyond the "Borderlands" of Palestine and US-Mexico.”</p> <p>Anila Daulatzai is a political and medical anthropologist and a post-doctoral fellow at UC Berkeley and UC