Nahla Abdo shares thoughts on book launch in Paris and Toulouse
Professor Nahla Abdo recently attended a book launch in Paris (October 17) and Toulouse (October 22) to promote her book , which was recently published in French (translated by Corinne Chambers). Here, she shares her thoughts on the book launch.
“At the event of launching my book, , in French, I was invited to give talks about the book. The first talk on October 17th took place in Paris at la Librairie Resistances. Here, I discussed Palestinian struggle in the context of global women’s anti-colonial resistance, drawing on examples from Northern Ireland, Algeria and African Americans in the U.S.
On October 22nd I gave a talk entitled, “Resistance Culture and its Role in Anti-colonial Resistance.” In this talk, I drew on the importance of resistance culture (political poetry, prose and art) in anti-colonial resistance, globally and locally. This talk took place in Toulouse, at Librairie Terra Nova. I was happily surprised to find this relatively small city (4th in France) to have such an activist population, especially among the young women and men. The following is a photo of one radio interview I did at a quiet Café in the city. All my interventions (talks and other activities were done through professional translators).”
