The Middle East Women's Studies Review articles

Recent articles from The Middle East Women's Studies Review

Gendered occupation and resistance in Palestine.(Column)
March 22, 2004... My name is Su'ad Al-Najjar. I live with my husband, five sons and three daughters in the 'Khan Shahin' neighborhood of the Old City of Hebron. We rented our house from the Building Society two years ago. Our house is located in front of an Israeli military base. We are exposed to daily...

Message from AMEWS president Val Maghadam.(Editorial)
March 22, 2004... Sept 2, 2004 Dear AMEWS members, Greetings from Paris. I trust you all have had a restful summer and are now settled into another productive academic year. As we finalize our preparations for the annual MESA meetings, in San Francisco on 20-23 November, I would like to share with you...

Editor's note.(Editorial)
March 22, 2004... As many of you already know, this issue marks the end of the Middle East Women's Studies Review. As editor for over six years, I want to thank all the AMEWS members who contributed to the Review! I have really enjoyed having the opportunity to work with and get to know so many of you. In this...

New AMEWS publication.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Beginning in February, AMEWS members will be receiving our new peer reviewed publication--the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS). AMEWS members are encouraged to submit articles for review with JMEWS editors Marcia Inhorn and Mary Layoun. Please see p. 7 for the call for papers....

Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920 by Akram Fouad Khater Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. Akram Khater's Inventing Home is an engaging, enjoyable study that raises new questions and delves into new sources about Lebanon,...