ID#: 1391 Sep 12 : Houston : Where are We Now?

World Affairs Council of Houston
Young Professionals

Where Are We Now?: Women, Human Rights & the Arab Spring Karima Bennoune, University of California - Davis School of Law Thursday, September 12th Registration & Food: 6:30 - 7:15pm Program: 7:15 - 8:15pm

It has been two and a half years since the Arab Spring began. Many saw it as an opportunity for change and a potential for improving human rights and women’s rights in particular in the region. What progress has been made and what issues continue to disappoint? Karima Bennoune will venture beyond the headlines and present what differences have and have not taken place in the lives of ordinary people living in the Middle East.

Karima Bennoune is a professor at the University of California Davis School of Law. Bennoune has served on the executive council of the American Society of International Law and on the board of directors of Amnesty International US. She has lectured around the world, including at: Harvard Law School, UC-Berkeley School of Law, Yale Law School, the London School of Economics, as well as for the UN Department of Political Affairs. Bennoune has appeared on Fox TV, National Public Radio, HuffPost Live and the MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour; and she has been interviewed by The International Herald Tribune and The Guardian. Currently, she serves on the board of Women Living Under Muslim Laws solidarity network.

Bennoune will also discuss and sign her latest book: Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. The field research for this book took her to many countries, including Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Mali, Niger and Russia.