02 July 2008 | Programming | Ernesto Aguilar

On Wednesday, July 2, from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., join KPFT’s Arab Voices with guest Dr. Lara Deeb, assistant professor of women’s studies in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of California, Irvine, a cultural anthropologist who has spent extensive time researching community activism in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and author of several books and articles including An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi’i Lebanon, and Hizballah: A Primer. She will be speaking on “Understanding Hizbullah.” Dr. Deeb presents an overview of the origins of Hizbullah and the group’s development into a multi-faceted political party. She also discusses the social and cultural institutions and networks associated with the party and with its constituents in the southern suburb of Beirut and the party’s appeal for many of Lebanon’s Shi’i Muslims.

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