Minoo Moallem

Minoo Moallem, Professor at UC Berkeley, joins the podcast to discuss Persian carpets as commodities and more, Iran, Islamophobia, diasporic loss, feminism, patriarchy, culture, and the making and unmaking of theory and area studies. They delve into topics such as the challenges faced by transnational feminist scholars, the cultural significance of Persian carpets, and the impact of war and occupation on women in the Muslim and Arab world.