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Baghdad Burning: Women Write War in Iraq (2007)
Iraqis are no strangers to war and unrest; it has become a way of life. Throughout these past thirty years of war young feminist women
Dying to be Free: Wilderness Writing from Lebanon, Arabia and Libya (2007)
Even after the independence movements that brought autonomy to Arab states previously under colonial rule, the endemic violence of tyranny and revolution continued. The domestic
In Search of Leo Africanus (2005)
Along with 18 Duke University students, cooke sets off from Spain to Morocco to retrace the steps of Hassan al-Wazzan al-Fassi al-Zayyati, later to become John
Contesting Campus Watch (2004)
After World War II, the US government realized that the lack of foreign relations and foreign languages departments in US schools was hindering communication and
Beirut Reborn: The Political Aesthetics of Auto-Destruction (2002)
Although Beirut has always been beautiful and photogenic, the Lebanese civil war only increased the photography emerging from the city. During and after the war,
Multiple Critique: Islamic Feminist Rhetorical Strategies (2000)
Muslim women are choosing to struggle and fight within the systems that oppress them rather than breaking out. They believe that the values and goals