1. Can we imagine a counterpublic founded and inhabited by Islamic and/or Middle Eastern women?

2. If so, what would that counterpublic look and sound like?

3. Women of Allah (1993-1997) Photographs by Shirin Neshat

7. Rapture (1999) Video by Shirin Neshat

10. Possessed (2001) Video by Shirin Neshat in collaboration with Sussan Deyhim

11. Turbulent (1998) Video by Shirin Neshat in collaboration with Sussan Deyhim

13. Turbulent, video mock-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2DNMG2s_O0

14. Duel screen structure – highlights the gender binary, there are no mixing of the voices and spaces Men – performing for and celebrating each other, his song is cultural and historical, love song (to a woman, to the other men?) Woman – performing to no one, to herself; her song is non-verbal, a gesticulation related to her body (not religion), a sonic disturbance to the patriarchal order ( Inshirah?)

15. A counterpublic of Islamic/Middle Eastern women What kind of affect does her song produce? Among the men? Among us? What kind of action, ethics, and subject positions?