Book Talk: Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art
Monday, February 23, 2026 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST | Maria & Alberto De La Cruz Art Gallery, Georgetown University Main Campus
Join the Gender+ Justice Initiative at Georgetown University, in partnership with the AMENA Foundation, for a discussion of women’s activism and political resistance in North Africa. This event is moderated by Faria Nasruddin, an independent research consultant and analyst focusing on regional security, U.S. policy, and women’s issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
In Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art: Between Singularities and Multitudes, Professor Nevine El Nossery examines women’s revolutionary and postrevolutionary artistic works from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. She unpacks the unique relationship between different artistic modalities and political expression, arguing that art, documentation, and archives have preserved the spirit of the revolution that was sparked in 2011.
Using the art and stories from this book, this discussion will explore critical questions about the gains and roadblocks for women’s rights 15 years after the Arab Spring and in light of new regional developments and especially ongoing women led mobilizations.
About the Author:
Dr. Nevine El Nossery is a Professor in the departments of French and Italian and African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art: Between Singularities and Multitudes, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. Her expertise extends to Francophone and postcolonial studies, women’s writing, art and politics. She has also authored Conjuring up Decolonial Alternatives: Subversive Navigations of Transnational Colonialisms (co-edited volume, 2024); Egypt in Focus: Creativity in Adversarial Contexts (co-edited volume, 2022); The Unspeakable: Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art (co-edited volume, 2013); Frictions et devenirs dans les écritures migrantes au féminin (co-edited volume, 2012); and Témoignages fictionnels au féminin. Une réécriture des blancs de la guerre civile algérienne (2012). She holds a Ph. D. in French Studies from the Université de Montréal, an M.A. in French Studies from the Cairo University, Egypt, and a B.A. In French Studies in Cairo University, Egypt.
Free and open to all.
Accommodation requests can be made to genderjustice@georgetown.edu.