Women in the Arab world
A professor in the department of epidemiology and population health at the American University of Beirut, Huda Zurayk has spent years trying to promote health in the Arab world. She will deliver the Rama S. Mehta Lecture at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on Thursday at 4 p.m. The annual lecture, established by the late Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith and his wife, Catherine, brings to campus a distinguished woman in public affairs or the sciences who possesses a deep understanding of the problems faced by women in developing countries. Zurayk will discuss her research and how Arab women are managing to cope with their lives, their health, and the survival of their families in the midst of uncertainty and conflict. She spoke with the Gazette prior to her talk. GAZETTE: Do you think the Arab world has been overlooked in terms of public health? If so, why? ZURAYK: I do not...