Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
ABOUT
Zahra Ali is a sociologist, her research explores the dynamics of women and gender, race and class, as well as social and political movements in relation to Islam(s), the Middle East, and contexts of war and conflict with a focus on contemporary Iraq. She is interested in (racial) capitalism, (post)coloniality, decolonial, and transnational feminisms as well as critical knowledge production and epistemologies, especially in relation to global and public sociology.
She currently leads Critical Studies of Iraq an initiative aiming to foster, support, and develop the critical scholarship of social scientists and feminists based in Iraq. Ali works and writes in English, French and Arabic and is involved in feminist and critical knowledge production projects with activists and scholars from/in the Middle East and beyond.
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
Arab Studies
Colonialism
Environment
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Political Economy
Theory
Urban Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Europe
Iraq
Specialties
Women's Movement
Feminist Movement
Islamic Femi
Study Of Contemporary Iraq
Post/Decolonial Theory
Languages
French (native)
Arabic (native)
English (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2015
| Sociology
| EHESS
Abstracts
Post-2003 Iraqi Women's Rights Activism: between Ngos, Sectarianism and Rise of Conservatisms
Exploring Feminism in Contemporary Iraq: Legacies of the Past and Present Struggles
“Militia-zation” and Protest Movements in Post-2014 Iraq
Politicizing Ethics: Decolonizing Research on Iraq
