Join us for a roundtable on 4 September to explore the conflicts in the Middle East and how they are affecting the lives of ordinary people.

The current state of the Middle East has taken the world by storm. From the oppression of the Palestinians in Gaza to the horrendous crimes of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, there is something to note about the debilitating effects of violence and extremism, particularly in the socio-cultural dimensions. Often, the greatest casualties are women and children. While the political aspects of the present conflicts have been analysed by man, how violence shapes and impacts the development of society needs to be raised.

Date: Thursday, 4 September
Time: 7.30pm
Location: AWARE Centre

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This event is organised by Gender Equality IS Our Culture. GEC works to promote women’s rights as compatible with culture. All to often, monolithic constructions of culture prevent women from enjoying their full human rights. It is time to reclaim culture as gender-equitable

Speaker:

Prof. Syed Farid Alatas is Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. He was previously Head of Malay Studies Department, NUS. His areas of interest are historical sociology, the sociology of social science, the sociology of religion and inter-religious dialogue. Among his publications are Alternative Discourse in Asian Social Science: Responses to Eurocentrism (Sage, 2006) and Applying Ibn Khaldun: The Recovery of a lost Tradition in Sociology (Routledge, 2014).

The session will be chaired by Mohamed Imran, Associate Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).