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Fatma Emam: Nubia between Islamic Feminism & Arabization| EP11

Episode Summary

" Who wants to accept me, will accept me. Who doesn’t want to accept me, it’s your problem!" Get your dose of Egyptian history, Nubia and layers of identity intersecting with politics, religion and Pan-Africanism.

Episode Notes

Egypt: Today we’re talking with Fatma Emam (Fatou Sakory), a Nubian Egyptian, 3rd generation of internally displaced ethnicity. Aya and Fatolu talk about African feminism, Female genital mutilation, Nubian culture, blackness, right to return, land rights, Arabization and Izlamization of North Africa, religion and Hijab and broader conversation about identity.   

Feminists mentioned in the interview are Amina Wadud, Fatema Mernissi, Maha Abdelhamid and Saadia Mesbah

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