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Witness to Yesterday (The Champlain Society Podcast on Canadian History)Women and the history of the Iraqi diaspora in CanadaIn this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Dr. Nadia Jones-Gailani on her book Transnational Identity and Memory Making in the Lives of Iraqi Women in Diaspora. Published by the University of Toronto Press in 2020, this book focuses on the individual life histories of Iraqi women refugees who have ended up in Canada and the United States. Dr. Jones-Gailani explores the shaping of identity by the Ba’ath party in Iraq and the redefining of identity by Iraqi women, many of whom faced persecution in Iraq as members of ethno-religious minorities. Dr. Nadia Jones-Gailani is an Assistant Professor in the Center fo...2021-08-1232 min