Press release

Silvia Abbà

MY PLACE IS EVERYWHERE

Women's voices for another Iraq

Rome, 7 March 2023 - On 10 March, "Il mio posto è ovunque. Voci di donne per un altro Iraq" by Silvia Abbà, the first volume of "Manifesta", a series directed by Renata Pepicelli for Astarte Edizioni, produced in collaboration with the NGO Un Ponte Per.

Silvia Abbà's volume starts from a question: does feminism exist in Iraq? From independence in 1932 to the protests of October 2019, the stories of Iraqi women speak of the courage to make their voices heard, of their determination to be what they want. Outside the interests of regimes and international actors, Iraqi women show where they belong: wherever they want to be.

Astarte Edizioni's 'Manifesta' series offers a feminist and decolonial perspective of the often unknown or misunderstood voices, struggles, subjectivities and instances of gender that traverse the societies of the Mediterranean, North Africa and Southwest Asia. The series' scientific committee includes Valentina Marcella, Ersilia Francesca and Rassa Ghaffari.

The volume is realised in collaboration with Un Ponte Per, a non-governmental organisation working on the prevention of armed and violent conflicts, particularly in the Middle East, through information campaigns, cultural exchanges, cooperation projects, peacebuilding programmes and building networks for social justice.

The author, Silvia Abbà, received her Master's degree in Peace Sciences: International Cooperation and Conflict Transformation in 2022 from the University of Pisa. Since 2020, she has been involved in the activities of the non-governmental organisation Un Ponte Per.

The first presentation of the book will be held in Pisa on 15 March at 5pm at the Gipsoteca di arte antica, and is organised in collaboration with Un Ponte Per and with the patronage of the degree course in Sciences for Peace, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Sciences for Peace (CISP) and the Single Guarantee Committee of the University of Pisa.

The presentation will be attended by the author, Renata Pepicelli, director of the series, and Lodovico Mariani of Un Ponte Per.

Link to the book: https://astarteedizioni.it/product/iraq/

Website: www.astarteedizioni.it