Inside the Long Fight against Torture: An Interview with Lisa Hajjar 

In this video, Executive Producer of the Security in Context podcast Anita Fuentes interviews sociologist Lisa Hajjar about her new book, "The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture," with a focus on Guantánamo Bay.
Lisa Hajjar is a Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Barbara, with specialties including the sociology of human rights, state theory, Middle East studies, torture, war crimes, and humanitarian law. Hajjar received her Ph.D. from The American University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who contributes to multiple fields in the social sciences and humanities, including Middle East Studies, American Studies, and Law and Society. Her current research focuses primarily on the US “war on terror,” particularly around the issues of torture, targeted killing, and Guantánamo. She is the only social scientist who has traveled to Guantánamo (14 times to date), where she conducts research and writes about the military commissions. Another area of current research focuses on human rights in the Arab world. Her journalistic writings have been published by The Nation, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Report, and Jadaliyya.
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