The Middle East Women's Studies Review articles from September 22 2001

The Middle East Women's Studies Review archives from September 22 2001

Afghan women and transnational feminism.
September 22, 2001... It is widely known that the Taleban instituted a harsh and bizarre theocratic dictatorship, with a gender regime that was particularly severe on women (though men also suffered). What is less well known is how and why the Taleban emerged, the...

A message from our new president.
September 22, 2001... Dear Members: This has been an exciting year for AMEWS, thanks to much hard work on the part of my predecessor Sherifa Zuhur. She organized two conferences, one in Bellagio (Italy) and the other at the University of California at Berkeley,...

AMEWS annual meeting secretary/treasurer's report San Francisco, California: November, 17, 2001.
September 22, 2001... The AMEWS Annual Program was held during the Middle East Studies Association Meetings. Many friends and members, new and old, attended this year's program. AMEWS is currently growing at a steady pace, attracting scholars who study gender, the...

"The Art of Iranian American Women: Politics and the Construction of a New Identity".
September 22, 2001... At the Middle East Studies Association 2001 special session, "The Art of Iranian American Women: Politics and the Construction of a New Identity," Sharon L. Parker, Kendal Kennedy, and Haleh Niazmand examined the complex processes of identity...

WLP's Multi-regional Meeting on Women's Leadership and Institutional change.
September 22, 2001... On June 7, 2001 Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) convened a cross-regional, interdisciplinary meeting on women's leadership at the School for Advanced International Studies of John's Hopkins University in Washington, DC. The meetings were...

"Islamic feminism": perils and promises.
September 22, 2001... As a result of increasing modernization, many Muslim societies, including the Middle East, have witnessed an unprecedented rise in women's literacy rates. In 2000 literacy among the female population aged '15 years or over was estimated at 65%...

Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... by Betty De Shong Meador Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000 This is a book about three women: Enheduanna, Inanna and Betty De Shong Meador. Enheduanna was a Sumerian priestess and poet who lived around 2300 BCE. Inanna is the goddess...

Women and War in Lebanon.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... edited by Lamia Rustum Shehadeh Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999 The Lebanese war has produced a plethora of academic literature, most of which is devoted to "explaining" the war, and retracing its events and those leading to...

The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... edited by Nathalie Handal New York: Interlink Books, 2001 In the past several decades, a growing number of literary works by contemporary Arab women have been translated into English. The majority of these works have tended to fall in the...

Yemeni Voices: Women Tell Their Stories.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... edited by Marta Paluch Sana'a, Yemen: The British Council, Yemen, 2001 Marta Paluch's Yemeni Voices: Women Tell Their Stories is, exactly as the title promises, a heartfelt and personal introduction to the women of Yemen as told through...

Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Edited by Suad Joseph Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2000 Before 1989, the concept "citizenship" was rarely used in the literature on Middle Eastern women. More common in political and legal studies, the concept has moved,...

No Paradise Yet: the World's Women Face the New Century.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Edited by Judith Mirsky and Marty Radlett New York and London: The Panos Institute and Zed Books Ltd, 2000 No Paradise Yet: The World's Women Face the New Century fails into the genre of books that emerged from the activities and dialogue...

Hayati (My Life).(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... by Miriam Cooke Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2000 Hayati (My Life) weaves together the struggles of three generations of Palestinian women who are besieged by the horrors of wars, displacement, poverty, endless sorrow, and...