Babel: Translating the Middle East Dalal Mawad: The Port of Beirut Explosion Through Women's Eyes
Oct 17, 2023
Lebanese journalist Dalal Mawad discusses her book, All She Lost, which tells the stories of women affected by the Beirut Port explosion. Topics include the emotional complexities of attachment and detachment towards Lebanon, disparities in women's freedoms and rights in Iran and Lebanon, and the role of women in social movements in the Middle East.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Surviving the Blast: Stories of Women in Lebanon
02:32 • 17min
Lack of Justice and Gendered Perspectives: Lebanon and Iran
19:18 • 3min
Inequality and Women's Rights in Iran and Lebanon
22:16 • 2min
Women's Role in Social Movements and the Absence of Collective Memory in Lebanon
24:02 • 5min
Collective Memory and Selective Memories in the Middle East
29:02 • 4min