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Rasmieyh Abdelnabi
George Mason University
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
ABOUT
I am an instructor and a doctoral candidate of sociology at George Mason University. My master's thesis at the University of Virginia focused on women activists in the Arab world. Prior to beginning my PhD program, I spent 5 years teaching and conducting research in the Middle East. I am currently working on my PhD Dissertation titled, "The Feminization of Resistance, Social Reproduction, and Palestine: Women’s Work Beyond Surviving and Toward Thriving.” In this work, I am trying to better understand the making of informal politics within women spaces in Palestine.
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Colonialism
Cultural Studies
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Ethnic American Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Globalization
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Palestine
Specialties
Palestinian Activism, Palestinian Diaspora Identit
Education
MA | 2012 | Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultu | University of Virginia
BA | 2006 | political science and history | Northern Illinois University
Abstracts
Embroidery & Palestine: Quiet Resistance in Women-only Spaces A Gendered Politics of Life: Embroidery as a Source of Economic Sustenance and Cultural Continuity Women’s Work, Political Violence, and Palestinian Embroidery: Between Precarity and Cultural Continuity Palestinian Women Embroiders: Embodying Palestinian Indigenous Sovereignty