Join BOL, Kucheh Kollective, and Muslim Counterpublics Lab to learn more about the long campaign of disinformation, propaganda and war profiteering that has resulted in the current war on Iran. We will also discuss the important actions that activists, artists, teachers and community members can take to resist and push back the narrative of war as peace, the use of US military intervention in the Middle East and South West Asia.
Location: BOL Bookstore, 716 Monroe Street NE, Studio 11, Washington, DC
Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 3-5pm
Speakers:
Dr. Negar Razavi is a Senior Researcher with Security in Context and an Associate Research Scholar at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University, where she is working on her first book manuscript on the role of policy experts in shaping U.S. security policies toward the Middle East generally and Iran specifically. Broadly, Razavi’s work examines the intersections of state power, empire, security, foreign policy, expertise, and gender.
Reza H. Akbari is a Program Manager at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and a PhD candidate at American University where he studies the history of modern Middle East, modern Iran, and critical theory. Reza conducts research on state-society relations, social movements, political parties, Iranian domestic politics, political transition, and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.