Women and the history of the Iraqi diaspora in Canada

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Dr. Nadia Jones-Gailani on her book Transnational Identity and Memory Making in the Lives of Iraqi Women in Diaspora. Published by the University of Toronto Press in 2020, this book focuses on the individual life histories of Iraqi women refugees who have ended up in Canada and the United States. Dr. Jones-Gailani explores the shaping of identity by the Ba’ath party in Iraq and the redefining of identity by Iraqi women, many of whom faced persecution in Iraq as members of ethno-religious minorities. Dr. Nadia Jones-Gailani is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Religious Studies and the Department of History at Central European University now based in Vienna, Austria. Her research centres on the historical context of postcolonialism and feminism including Islamic feminism. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.