July 12, 2016
A Maverick Teacher is someone who applies a balance of creativity, innovation, empathy and science to the art of teaching to support students and their learning. Maverick Teachers contextualise the learning process within the pressing and complex issues of sustainability and develop innovative pedagogic strategies to impact millions of teachers and children across India. The Global […]
June 14, 2016
Interviewed by Ron Lester Whyte for Deep Green Philly, 7th June 2016 Description: Many people were outraged after Harambe, a critically endangered silverback gorilla, was shot to death after a toddler fell into his enclosure. Layla AbdelRahim brings her unique perspective to this tragedy, encouraging us to examine the social forces and historical processes […]
February 2, 2016
“Schools teach children the principles of death and of suffering. They do not teach them the principles of life, which is diversity, which is being out there in the world. They teach them within closed systems, within closed buildings and walls, separated from the rest of the world. They teach them that violence is […]
January 28, 2016
Paper presented at the conference in commemoration of Charles Darwin, titled: « Penser la conscience aujourd’hui. Un point de vue anthropologique sur la question » Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal on Friday, 17th April, 2009 Abstract: The French word “conscience” entails both consciousness and conscience. This conflation made me reflect on how the concepts […]
July 29, 2015
In 2013, George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Black teenager, Trayvon Martin, to many came as a surprise mostly because the civilised believe words and focus on language rather than on actions, praxis, and consequences. Namely, civilised people see the judicial system with its verbose process as a system of justice and in the eyes […]
April 30, 2015
Where: Montreal Anarchist Bookfrair, George Vanier Cultural Centre, room CCGV – Salle B When: Sunday, 3pm, 24th May 2015 You can view the workshop here Abstract: In light of the intensification of war around the world, the desertification of land and sea, the pollution of oceans and air, the anthropogenic mass species extinction, the widening […]
April 28, 2014
Open Forum: Layla AbdelRahim and John Zerzan respond (total time: 1hour and 51 minutes). Memphis, TN, 15th August 2009 Part 1 (mp3) Part 2 (mp3)
October 7, 2013
It is with great enthusiasm that we are announcing the 2013 speaking tour for anthropologist, unschooler, and anarchist Layla AbdelRahim. Layla will be touring with her new book Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams through various communities in the Cascadian Bioregion. https://www.facebook.com/events/388959827898277 Tour dates: (1) Tuesday October 8, 5:30-7:00 Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey BC, Unceded […]
May 12, 2013
Titre en Français : Qu’est-ce que l’économie civilisée? ou Recherches sur le principe ontologique de l’effondrement économique et écologique Title in English : What is Civilised Economy? An essay on the ontological principle of economic and ecological collapse Abstract: The ontological foundation of civilised economy is rooted in utilitarianism or the conception of […]
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