Dr. Nahla Abdo is a Professor of Sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa. Among her many achievements her publications include "Women and Citizenship in Israel: Comparing Palestinian, Mizrahi and Ashkenazi Women," (in press); "Women and Poverty in the Palestinian Territories," and UNESCO/Palestinian Women's Research and Documentation Center (2007). In this interview, conducted in Ottawa in 2005, she reflects on the many currents that have influenced her scholarship, teaching, and activism in Canada and Palestine.