Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
233 Duskywing Way
Unit 11
Oakville
ON
L6L 0C5
Canada
ABOUT
Laila Mourad is a PhD candidate at York University. Her work adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the international development, political economy, and gender studies fields. Laila’s research interests are related to alternative economies, everyday forms of resistance, as well as the localization of development. Her approach is informed by non-mainstream knowledge production practices and critical pedagogy, specifically auto-ethnography and narratives of memory. Recently, she has been focusing on exploring how informal economies of food in Egypt present potential opportunities for, and barriers to, sustainable development and gender equity. Through her current project, Laila aims to analyze the potential of informal economies as sites of transformative social relations for disrupting gender norms and redefining women’s agency through everyday acts of resistance. In her personal life, she is passionate about exploring the cultural and social dimensions of food. Laila trains and competes in kickboxing, as a means for cultivating resilience and wellness.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Comparative
19th-21st Centuries
Anti-Racism
Colonialism
Development
Ethnography
Gender/Women's Studies
Political Economy
Urban Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Specialties
Localization Of Development
Social Change And Gender
Alternative Informal Economies
Languages
English (advanced)
Arabic (advanced)
Education
MA
| 2015
| Political Science
| University of Toronto
BA
| 2012
| Political Science
| University of Toronto
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