Speakers at the Sydney Symposium on Agency of Muslim Women
This week’s episode represents Julie’s time in February as a guest of the University of Sydney, where she visited Professor Ghena Krayhem and other scholars and activists in Australia working to change public perceptions of Muslim women as passive, oppressed victims. At a conference, the Symposium on Agency of Muslim Women, Julie recorded multiple women (and one man!) speaking about how they combat stereotypes of Muslim women. In our “debrief” segment, Dayna speaks with graduating Windsor Law student Hagar Elsayed about the Australian interviews, and Hagar’s experiences as a Muslim woman in Canada. Finally, Dr. Mehreen Faruqi, MP for New South Wales sums up what lies ahead in breaking down barriers and harmful stereotypes. In other news: the Toronto Lawyer’s Association responds to Julie’s Sunday Edition interview; and English and Welsh barristers strike to protest cuts to legal aid funding.
Featured in this episode:
Professor Ghena Krayhem, Associate Professor at Sydney University Law School (Symposium convenor)
Professor Susan Carland, Faculty of Arts, University of Monash (keynote speaker)
Mehal Krayem, University of Sydney Technology, Editor of the online magazine Sajjeling
Fadi Baghdadi , doctoral student, University of Sydney
Ilhaam Jadwaat, Catholic school teacher
Diana Abdurahman, Federal Public Service, Canberra
Maha Krayem Abdo, CEO, Muslim Women’s Association
Sarah Chehab Hamdan , pharmacist and business owner
Hagar Elsayed, Windsor Law
Mehreen Faruqi, Member of Parliament New South Wales, Green Party
Related Links:
Symposium on Agency of Muslim Women: voices heard in their own words (AMUST)
Opinion column by Professor Ghena Krayhem (Guardian)
Toronto Lawyer’s Association letter to Michael Enright (TLA)