In this book talk, renowned Palestinian feminist scholar Nada Elia will be speaking to the questions and contentions of global anti-colonial struggle and Palestinian feminist practices by elaborating from her books Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts (2023), Palestine and Feminist Liberation (2025), and Falastiniyyat: A Century of Palestinian Feminisms (forthcoming).
Palestine and Feminist Liberation will be available for purchase at the event from Iron Dog Books.
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM PT – Doors Open at 6 PM
Location: SFU Harbour Centre, Labatt Hall Theatre (1700)
This event is supported by the SFU Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, UBC Asian Studies, UBC Middle East Studies, UBC Queer and Trans Anti-Fascisms Research Cluster, and the Centre for India and South Asia Research.
Speaker
Nada Elia is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Western Washington University. She is the author or editor of six books, ranging from academic titles to organizers’ toolkits. A scholar-activist, she served for many years on the steering collectives of AWSA, (the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association), RAWAN, (the Radical Arab Women’s Activist Network), and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, and is a past president of AMEWS, the Association of Middle East Women’s Studies. Elia is a member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective.
