Alka Kurian speaks on feminism and conducts interview with feminist icon in Morocco

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian, currently on a Fulbright research trip to Morocco, gave a talk entitled “A New Protest Culture: Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism in Morocco” at the Al Akhwayn University, Ifrane.

Kurian also attended the play Le Masque in Rabat. This play is written and directed by Naima Zitan, Morocco's militant feminist and founder of the Théâtre Aquarium. Kurian then interviewed Zitan about her 2012 play Dialy, which was inspired by Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues and was the first to challenge the taboo of female sexuality in Morocco.