CONFERENCE MESA 2025 - Washington, D.C
Sat, Nov 22
|WESTIN WASHINGTON, DC DOWNTOWN
PLEDJ will be attending the 59th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Time & Location
Nov 22, 2025, 3:30 p.m. CST – Nov 25, 2025, 3:30 p.m. CST
WESTIN WASHINGTON, DC DOWNTOWN, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
About the event
Amal Elsana Alh’jooj and Asma Al-Naser are organizing a panel titled “Mothering and Un-mothering in Palestine”, exploring how settler colonialism shapes and reshapes motherhood in Palestine.
The panel will feature a presentation by Amal titled “De-Mothering Under Colonialism: Palestinian Motherhood, Resistance, and the Struggle to Protect.”
The conference brings together scholars, practitioners, and community leaders for discussions on justice, solidarity, and the effects of colonialism on social and familial life.