Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature

UNC-Chapel Hill, ASIA/WGST 471 students, make podcasts part of their course assignments. Each podcast is prepared by a group of 3-4 students. They choose to interview either me or another UNC professor on that week’s discussion topic.

Tuesday, January 24: Podcast One on Policing and Politicization of female bodies by Victoria Pickle, Sterling Dennis, Esmé Kerr

Tuesday, January 31: Podcast Two on tools and ways women fight back this policing by Paige Burrell, Daniela Liberatore, and Madeline Brooks

Tuesday, February 7: Podcast Three on women being excluded from public spaces by D.J. Murphy, Chandini Relangi, Sam Minnick, and Jenna Smith

Tuesday, February 21: Podcast Four on women reclaiming public spaces by Akyra Forney, Ali Huffstetler, Zenith Jarrett, and Arush Narang

Tuesday, February 28: Podcast Five on Nawal El-Saadawi by Paige Figueroa, Matthew Pierro, Vishal Jammulapati, and Sydney Zolotorofe

Tuesday, March 7: Podcast Six on Hannan Al-Shaykh by Joanna Yeh, Sofía Basurto, and Salma Mourad

Tuesday, March 28: Podcast Seven on Fadia Faqir by Afia Rahman, Kiara Traore, Maryam Khan, and Kiara Casmer

Tuesday, April 18: Podcast Eight on Fatima Mernissi by Jessica Hong, Abdalla Nasef, and Chenoah Hassan