Organizers

Mojtaba Mahdavi (Conference Chair)— — Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies, ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta —

Nermin Allam (Conference Co-organizer) — PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta —

Roozbeh Safshekan (Conference Co-ordinator) — PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta —

Mariam Georges (Conference Co-ordinator) — PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta—

Emrah Keskin (Conference Co-ordinator) — PhD Student at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta

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Cover photo by Kostas Tsironis/AP Photo