Co-Founder, of Canadian Association of Muslim Women in Law

Board Member, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture

Regional Representative, Iraqi Orphan Aid Foundation

Women’s Bodies, Hair, and Clothing: What’s There to Normalize?

Wahhabism: The Ideology of Hate

Human Rights Advocacy, Sectarianism, and Other Biases

Early Elections or Restorative Elections?

From Iraq to Canada: We Want a Homeland

Corruption and Exploitation of Gender in Iraq (Part I of III)

Maintaining the Feminist Spring of Iraq’s October Revolution (Part III of III)

Corruption and Deepening Gender Inequalities in Iraq (Part II of III)

Casting Out Intersectionality Through Racial Profiling

Iraq Protests Battle for State Sovereignty

CHIN Radio Mental Health interview - MAY 13, 2016 Ruba Al Hassani.mp3

Ruba Ali Al-Hassani is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lancaster University's Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion and a legal sociologist. Her research employs interdisciplinary methodologies to Iraqi studies, Law, transitional Justice, crime, social control, and social movements. Ruba is also a contributing writer at Inside Arabia and The New Arab. Her commentary and analysis have been featured on networks throughout North America, Europe, and the Middle East, including the BBC and CBC, and in four languages. She co-founded the Canadian Association for Muslim Women in Law and is a board member at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. She has taught at York University and Trent University. Ruba holds a B.Sc. in Psychology & Sociology, a M.A. in Criminology, and an LL.M. in transitional justice, as she completes her PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada.

Middle Eastern Affairs

Iraqi Affairs 

Iraqi Politics 

Counter-Terrorism

War on ISIS / Daesh

Islamophobia

Racial Profiling 

Anti-Shia sectarianism

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French

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Ruba Ali Al-Hassani: Working With Survivors

Canada's Muslims embrace their country – even when it doesn't embrace back

Nearly 35,000 Civilians Displaced from Mosul (Iraq)

Multi-faith groups in Canada form protective rings around mosques

Protesters in Boston denounce President Trump's immigration ban

Demonstrations turn ugly in Washington DC

Iraq defending whole world against Daesh with Mosul push: Jaafari

Iraqi PM: Battle for Mosul enters final stage

Iraq Baghdad Bombing

The Environics Survey of Muslims in Canada 2016”

Discussing Mental Health in the Muslim Community

Stories told through social mobilization for, and understanding of, the Welfare State

Empathy: An Important Step Towards Personal and National Reconciliation

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