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16:00 – 16:50Opening Session

Greetings

Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center

Mr. Michael Mertes, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel

Opening remarks

Ms. Nadia Hilou, Project Planning and Consultant, former Knesset Member

16:50 – 18:00First Session: Women in Arab Society – A Comparative View

Chairperson and discussant:Dr. Nohad Ali, University of Haifa and Western Galilee College

Lecturers:

Dr. Mira Tzoreff Tel Aviv University

Women in the “Arab Spring” – The Personal is Political?

Dr. Taghreed Yahia-Younis Tel Aviv University

Trends in the Research Discourse on Palestinian-Arab Women in Israel

18:00 – 18:30Coffee Break

18:30 – 20:00Second Session: Arab Women in Israel as Agents of Social Change

Chairperson and discussant:Ms. Nabila EspaniolyDirector of Al-Tufula Center, Nazareth

Lecturers:

Dr. Mary Totry Oranim College and University of Haifa

Civil Society Organizations as a Channel for Arab Women Empowerment

Dr. Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Feminist Activism Among Arab-Bedouin Women: Between Social Change and Political Struggle

Dr. Naomi Weiner-Levy David Yellin College and the Mofet Institute

The Quiet Revolution: Druze Women Transforming Gender Roles

Lectures will be delivered in Hebrew