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Islamic Feminism Before and After September 11 (2002)
With Saving Brown Women as the introduction, this article elaborates on the resurfacing of the fight for women’s rights after 9/11. When the Taliban became the
Saving Brown Women (2002)
The Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women has long horrified the Western world in its brutality and oppressiveness. While the Western world tries to help these
Ghassan Al-Jaba’i: Prison Literature in Syria After 1980 (2001)
Writing critically about oppressive governments does not necessarily lead to a jail sentence, but it very well might. Yet after prison is another story–literally. Recently,
Middle Eastern Literature (2000)
With Western influences and increasing modernity in the Middle East, the concept of literature expanded to include previously unexplored genres. Beginning with European colonization, cooke
Living in Truth (2000)
This article highlights some strong similarities between modern day Syria and post-Soviet Eastern Europe in the political propaganda and the way Syrian intellectuals are struggling
Feminist Transgressions in the Postcolonial Arab World (1999)
In the past twenty-five years Arab women have taken great strides through the freedoms that postcoloniality have brought to them. Unfortunately, it was wars and
Mapping Peace (1999)
If we care about not remaining intellectuals without history, we must write the unspeakable.” These words were written by a Lebanese novelist and journalist in
Mediterranean Thinking: From Netizen to Medizen (1999)
The Mediterranean has traditionally been approached from a geographical and historical perspective that has collapsed the material and political differences between water and land. This
Feminist Transgressions in the Postcolonial Arab World (1999)
Feminist Transgressions