The Program in Gender
& Sexuality Studies
presents
GENDER, SEXUALITY AND EQUITY IN
THE MIDDLE EAST
SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thomas 110
Bryn Mawr College
Co-Sponsored by The University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center
SESSION
I - LECTURES
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Thomas Hall 110
Lázaro Lima, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Spanish, Bryn Mawr College
"Gender, Sexuality, Equity: Situated Knowledge and Occidentalism"Farha Ghannam, Anthropology, Swarthmore College
"Is Male to Female as Mind is to Body? Anthropological Reflections from Egypt"
Wazhmah Osman, Media, Culture, and Communication Studies, NYU
"The Politics and Spectacle of Gender and Sexuality Rights: Afghanistan and Iran on the World Stage"
Deborah Harrold, Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
"The Exotic Other"
SESSION
II - DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thomas Hall 110
Wazhmah Osman and Kelley Dolak, Directors
Opening Remarks, Deborah Harrold, Bryn
Mawr College
Followed by Q&A
For more information on documentary, visit the following web pages:
http://www.postcardsfromtorabora.com/filmmaker_wazhmah.html