PREVIEW: FEMINISM FOR A WORLD ON FIRE. NATASHA WALTER, N.S. NUSEIBEH, SHAHED EZAYDI AT BRIGHTON FESTIVAL
At a moment when women’s rights are being challenged across the globe, from rising authoritarianism and online misogyny to conflict, displacement and climate crisis, what kind of feminism is needed now?
That urgent question is at the heart of Feminism for a World on Fire, a timely and thought-provoking discussion coming to Brighton Dome Studio Theatre as part of Brighton Festival for one evening on Thursday 21 May.
Bringing together three powerful contemporary voices, Natasha Walter, Shahed Ezaydi and N.S. Nuseibeh, the event will explore how feminism can respond to a rapidly changing and increasingly volatile world, while becoming more intersectional, connected and globally minded.
Natasha Walter, whose influential books include Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism and Feminism for a World on Fire, has long been one of Britain’s clearest feminist voices, writing extensively on sexism, women’s rights and social justice. Founder of Women for Refugee Women and an academic specialising in climate justice, Walter’s work increasingly connects gender equality to wider questions of displacement, inequality and environmental crisis.
Joining her is Shahed Ezaydi, author of The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women, whose writing examines how mainstream feminist discourse can exclude and marginalise Muslim women and women of colour. Her work brings a necessary challenge to narrow or exclusionary feminist narratives, asking what genuine solidarity really looks like.
Also appearing via video link is N.S. Nuseibeh, whose acclaimed work Namesake: Reflections on a Warrior Woman explores identity, resistance, ethics and belonging through a deeply personal and political lens shaped by her upbringing in East Jerusalem.
Chairing the discussion is Hannah Azieb Pool, Director of Creative Ambition at People Make It Work, whose work spans arts leadership, social change and inclusive cultural practice.
More than a literary conversation, Feminism for a World on Fire promises to be a searching discussion about power, solidarity and how feminist thinking must evolve to meet the realities of the present moment.
For Brighton audiences interested in politics, ideas and contemporary feminist debate, this looks set to be one of the festival’s standout conversations.
Details
FEMINISM FOR A WORLD ON FIRE. NATASHA WALTER, N.S. NUSEIBEH, SHAHED EZAYDI AT BRIGHTON FESTIVAL
Dates: Thursday 21 May at 7pm.
Venue: Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UG.
Tickets: Tickets are £12.50, with Under 30s tickets available from £10.
Ages 16+. no unaccompanied under 14s in the venue.
Accessible: Details here
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