Iraqi politician at McGill

Women's rights activist, humanitarian, physician and member of the Iraqi National Assembly, Dr. Rajaa H. Khuzai, will be at McGill University on Thursday, November 11 to discuss the challenges facing Iraqi women and students before and after Saddam Hussein.

Dr. Khuzai, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was one of two women who served on the former Iraqi Governing Council. She is President of the Women's Organization in Diwaniah, founder of the Women's Health Center in Baghdad and the Widow's Care Organization.

Dr. Khuzai is traveling through North America with her neurosurgeon husband and pharmacology student daughter presenting lectures. Her McGill talk is entitled: Before and after Saddam: Challenges facing women and students in Iraq.

Lecture will be at 10 am, Leacock Building, Room 232.