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Arabist Miriam Cook Acclaimed Lebanese Women Writer's Contributions on War
Authors: Samara Maha
Published: March 2020

Dr. Miriam Cook, Professor of Arabic at Duke University, wrote a paper on Women Write War: The Centring of the Beirut Decentrists in the series of papers on Lebanon that the Centre for Lebanese Studies issued at Oxford University in July 1987.
The Strangled Echo, by Nazik Saba Yared
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Strangled Echo, by Nazik Saba Yared, Beirut, Nawfal, 1986. pp.226
IWSAW Publications
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

IWSAW Publications
Conferences
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

International Conference on Homebirth
Children's Literature
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

IWSAW News: Children's Literature
Women and Work
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Women represent 19 per cent of the total labour force in Iraq. In the agricultural sector they are 43.7 per cent of those employed .
My Next Door Neighbor
Authors: Ghurayyib Rose
Published: March 2020

My Next Door Neighbor
Bibliography
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Bibliography
Interview in Arabic
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Interview in Arabic
Collection of Poems
Authors: Al-'Imarah Lami'a Abbas
Published: March 2020

Collection of Poems
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Story of Zahra by Hanan al-Shaykh, has recently been published in English. * In the following article which appeared in the Middle East May 1986, she spoke to Editor Sarah Graham-Brown about her book and her views of the status of Arab women today.
Adventure of Memories Between Lebanon and Palestine
Authors: Al-Khalidy Anbara Salam
Published: March 2020

Jaw/alUn Fi a/- Thikrayat 8ayna Lubnan wa Fa/astine. Beirut:An-Nahar 1978, 222 pages
Saudi Women and Industry
Authors: Arasoghli Aida
Published: March 2020

His Majesty King Fahd has initiated a new plan for the integration of women in the industrialisation endeavors of Saudi Arabia. Fifty thousand girls arc to join the emerging new labor force in the factories to be set up, for women only .
Saudi Arabia: Facts and Figures
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Saudi Arabia: Facts and Figures
The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Regional Conference
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The third «Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Conference» was convened in Abu-Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates under the spondorship of H.R.H. the ruler of U.A.E.; and was hosted by the General Federation of  the United Arab Emirates Women.
The General Federation of Jordanian Women
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The General Federation of Jordanian Women held a national conference in Amman under the sponsorship of H.R.H. Queen Nour al-Hussein.
The Basic Living Skills Programme
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World - Beirut University College, held a conference in Nicosia, December 10-12,1985 to introduce the «Basic Living Skills Programme» which was exhibited before in BUC on November 9, 1985.
Nairobi, A Catalyst for Change
Authors: Arasoghli Aida
Published: March 2020

Equality, development and peace were the main issues of the conferences held in Baghdad,Nicosia and Nairobi. The Baghdad conference (March 4-8) was sponsored by the General Federation of Iraqi Women (GFIW) and focused mainly on peace.
The General Federation of Iraqi Women
Authors: Stephan Wafa
Published: March 2020

The General Federation of Iraqi Women (G.F.I.W.) is the only mass organization representing Iraqi women.
Iraqi Women and Legislation
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

One of the major achievements of the Ba'ath Socialist Revolution of July 1968 has been the improvement of women's legal status in Iraq based on the following principles:
Iraq: Facts and Figures
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Iraq: Facts and Figures
Nairobi: "if it's not Appropriate for Women, it's not Appropriate"
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The UN-sponsored women's decade conference (July 15-26) and the non-governmental Forum '85 (July 10-19) that was its prelude have attracted more than 10,000 women from 150 countries.
What Feminism for Tunisia
Authors: Chekir Hafidha
Published: March 2020

Hafidha Chekir, who teaches law at the University of Tunis and is very active in feminist and syndicate movements, raises some important questions concerning feminism in Tunisia: What is the nature of feminism in relation to political engagement? Are the two closely linked or is woman's liberation a social project able to attain its aim through legislative, political, economic and educational reforms within women's struggles?
Suad as-Sabbah - Kuwait
Authors: Stephan Wafa
Published: March 2020

Suad as-Sabbah - Kuwait
25th World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

«Participation, Development, Peace». This is the theme of the United Nations International Year of Youth in 1985.
Juliette Haddad: Sociologist
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Dr. Juliette Haddad received her doctorate in Sociology at theCatholic University of Louvain-Ia-Neuve, Belgium. She has written a book entitled "La femme et le Couple en Jordanie" which analyses the transformation of women's bodiesas a result of modernization.
Amina Sa'id, the First Professional Woman Journalist in Egypt
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Born in Cairo in 1914, Amina Sa'id has been a champion of women's rights since her school days. Chosen by the famous Egyptian feminist Huda Sha'rawi to give a speech in classical Arabic at a charity ball, Amina Sa'id became her assistant and read all her speeches until her death in 1947.
Sister Emmanuelle: A View from the Slums of Cairo
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

In Cairo, in a place called Matareya, live 4000 'zabbalins' or garbage collectors in sub-human conditions - in environments similar to those of the 'villas m iserias' of Buenos Aires, the 'favelas' of Mexico, the 'barradas' of Lima and the slums of Bombay and Calcutta.
Nawal EI Saadawi : Woman and Psychological Struggle
Authors: Khoury Nada
Published: March 2020

"Al Mar'a Wal Sira' AI Nafsi" (Woman and Psychological Struggle) by Dr. Nawal EI Saadawi is an analysis of the problem of neuroses among Egyptian women.
Algerian Women in Industry
Authors: Talahite Fatiha
Published: March 2020

This paper was presented at the Women in industry Workshop, Aiya Napa Conference Center, Aiya Napa, Cyprus, May 21-23, sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World.
Arab Women and Media
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The role Arab women play in the spoken, written and electronic media was the subject of a seminar organized by the Union of Tunisian Women in conjunction with UNESCO, in November 1983.
Algerian Women in Press and TV
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

This article on the " Image of Woman in the Press and Television begins by quoting two passages of the Algerian National Charter
First Woman Information Minister in Jordan
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Leila Sharaf, one of the most politically and socially active public figures in Jordan, was appointed Information Minister in the newly formed Jordanian Cabinet in January 1984, Who is this woman and how did she come to hold this important post?
Second Family Planning Conference
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

While Lebanese Politicians met in Geneva for the first National Reconciliation Conference in November 1983, the Lebanese Family Planning Association was holding its 2nd Evaluative Conference on the Status of Women in Lebanon.
News from Around the World
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

News from Around the World
Anbara Salam AI Khalidy
Authors: Stephan Wafa
Published: March 2020

Anbara Salam el Khalidy, elder sister of political leader and ex-prime minister Saeb Salam, was born in a well-known politically active family of Mousaitbeh in Beirut at the turn of the 20th Century.
Dr. Saniyya Habboub: Death of a Pioneer
Authors: Stephan Wafa
Published: March 2020

In the November 1, 1982 issue of AI-Raida, in "Pioneer" Section, a short account appeared on the life and achievements of Dr. Saniyya Habboub, the first Lebanese woman doctor to study medicine abroad.
Adult Education and Illiteracy Eradication in Kuwait
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The following is a brief report, published in 1982 on Adult Education and Illiteracy Eradication in Kuwait during the years 1967-1980.
Apology to Children
Authors: Khamis Hamda
Published: March 2020

Apology to Children
Women's Social Role - How It Relates to Her Self-Concept
Authors: Ed-Dassouky Kareema
Published: March 2020

Summary of an M.A. thesis presented by Kareema Ed Dassouky, Egypt, published by Majallatul-Ulum-il-Ijtima'iyya,(Journal of the Social Sciences), Kuwait University, no. 4, year 10, December 1982, pp. 311-317.
National Conference of the Lebanese Women's Council 23-4-1983
Authors: Ghurayyib Rose , Stephan Wafa
Published: March 2020

After 8 years of war during which Lebanese women were busy being wives, mothers, breadwinners, comforters, nurses, volunteers, party members and sometimes fighters, the Lebanese Council of Women called its 105 affiliated associations for a National Conference on the theme "Role of Women in the Save Lebanon Campain".
France Minimizes Sexual Discrimination
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

An overwhelming majority in the French Parliament recently approved a new law which minimizes sexual discrimination in employment.
Recently Received by IWSAW
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Recently Received by IWSAW
Family Planning in the Arab World
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Family Planning is now a matter of prime importance for world leaderships and organizations in all developed countries. It has been gaining ground in many developing countries as well.
Emigration and Rural Development
Authors: Khoury Dr. Mounir
Published: March 2020

Abstract of a lecture presented by Dr. Mounir Khoury of BUC,at the Second National Conference for Demographic Policies,organized by the LFPA, 1-3 April 1982. See p.11 of this issue.
The Coming of Age
Authors: Simonian Azadouhi Kalaidjian
Published: March 2020

In the conclusion of her book ''The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir makes some statements that have validity. She believes that if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, then people ought to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
Saudi Women Moving into Banking
Authors: Martin Douglas
Published: March 2020

Saudi women have an estimated 30 to 40% of the hundreds of billions of dollars of private wealth in Saudi Arabia and the Koran guarantees them personal control of it. As a result, banks run by women and catering solely to women have begun to spring up in major cities.
World Assembly on Aging (WAA)
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

"For the first time in human history, this generation has seen the creation of a new age group - the aging... Improved health conditions and control of killing diseases has permitted life expectancy in developing countries to increase at a much more rapid rate than at present anticipated and possibly sooner than anticipated".
Motivations of Women's Work in Jordan
Authors: Nabulsi Sahira
Published: March 2020

Abstract of a paper presented by Sahira Nabulsi (Jordaniandelegate) at the Second Regional Conference for Women inthe Guif States and Arabian Peninsula, 28-31 March 1981.See AI-Raida, Feb. 1, 1982, vol. V, n°. 19, p. 11 .
Future Plans for IWSAW
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

It was in an atmosphere of impending political trouble, in 1973, that the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab Worlcl came into existence. The result of a daring step. it has been able to go on in spite of war conditions which have prevailed in Lebanon for seven years. As Dr. Albert Badre, BUe President, said in a lecture he gave at Goethe Institute on "Science Programs at BUG": "IWSAW has gained recognition in Araband Western countries."
Seminar on the "Arab Woman and Her Role in the Arab Unity Movement"
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Organized by the Center For Arab Unity Studies, a seminar on the general topic of the Arab woman and her role in the Arab unity movement was held in Beirut, Lebanon on 21-24 September, 1981.
The Arab Woman's Participation in the Labor Force
Authors: Azzam Dr. Henry
Published: March 2020

Condensed from a study presented by Dr. Henry Azzam. ILOadviser. at the Conference organized by the Center for ArabUnity Studies. mentioned elsewhere in this issue.
Miscellaneous information
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Miscellaneous information
A Message to Consider
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

«Leading psychologists and thinkers of today suggest as a remedy for common social evils a radical change in people's conduct so that their dealings with each other will be based on cooperation and fair play instead of jealousy and competition» .
Mona Saudi: A Woman Without Complexes
Authors: Shaar Fatima
Published: March 2020

Interview given by Mona Saudi to Fatima Shaar and WalidZahr-el-Din, from the Women's Studies course at BUe, June 1981.
The Changing Roles of Arab Women
Authors: Zurayk Huda
Published: March 2020

In introducing her paper, Dr. Huda Zurayk differentiates between traditional societies, in which woman's role is restricted to the function of child rearing and housekeeping, and developed societies where women participate strongly in many areas that were previously closed to them.
Muneera El-Solh Twenty Years In The Service Of Mentally Handicapped Children
Authors: Kassis Nayla
Published: March 2020

Private initiative has always played a leading role in the development of Lebanon, especially in the social and economic fields. To this initiative, the 18 centers created in this country for the rehabilitation of the physically and mentally disabled owe their existence.
Project of a «Charter for the Defense of Women»
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The "Commission of the European Parliament for Women's Rights» spent two days preparing the "Charter of 130 million European women», to be presented to the Assembly next February.
Lyna Elias
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

A dedicated social leader who insists that social workshould train the young in responsible citizenship and civicservice.
Nadeem H. Shweiri
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Founder of "AI-Kafa-at" Rehabilitation Institute, Beirut,Lebanon. His slogan: "Potentials not Handicaps" ; "Arms that give, not hands begging alms."
Women in Development
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Report on Women in Development, compiled by the Office of Women in Development of the United States Agency for International Development, has submitted a comprehensive report on its global proposed activities beginning in 1978.
My Present State is Fleeting
Authors: Scruggs Natoschia
Published: March 2020

This existence in exile, I wish on no otherIt’s an emptiness the heart dares instruct the mouth to exposeThis burning pain represents ongoing strugglesIt lingers, arresting my creativity and my words
World Conference of the U.N. for Women
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The " Mid-Decade World Conference of the United Nations for Women", held at Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-30 July 1980, marked the end of five years, or half of the decade, fixed by the Mexico Conference of 1975 for the implementation of the World Plan of Action, which aimed at the realization of complete equality between the sexes
Family Planning and the Working Woman in Lebanon
Authors: Mroweh Dr. Adnan
Published: March 2020

Condensed from an article (in Arabic) on this topic by Dr. Adnan Mroweh, president of the Family Planning Association in Lebanon.
Anissa Najjar
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

A social work veteran who, for twenty five years directed a successful village welfare project in Lebanon. As a student and graduate of the American University of Beirut, Anissa Rawda Najjar actively participated in the Village Welfare projects initiated and sponsored by AUB during the thirties.
Women, Employment and Development in the Arab World
Authors: Azzam Henry
Published: March 2020

Condensed from a lecture by Henry Azzam, manpowerregional advisor, International Labor Organization, Beirut, inthe Women's I nstitute Lecture Services, BUC, May 24, 1979.
Iraqi Refugee Females in Lebanon: De Facto Changes in Gender Roles
Authors: Beydoun Rouba
Published: March 2020

The year 2003 was a turning point in the Arab region. The Coalition Forces invaded Iraq causing the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime and the subsequent violence. This has led to a massive influx of refugees throughout the Arab region. Around 4.2 million Iraqis left their homes due to the violence in their country. Some two million have fled to neighboring countries, including Lebanon (UNHCR, 2007). Lebanon is also host to an estimated 400,000 Palestinian refugees who fled Palestine largely as a result of the formation of the Israeli state in 1948 (Shafie, 2007). Aside from Palestinians, Iraqis currently account for the vast majority of refugees in Lebanon (DRC, 2005). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that around 50,000 Iraqi refugees are residing in Lebanon (IRIN, 2007). The Lebanese State is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, thus the vast majority of Iraqis have had to enter the country illegally (IRIN, 2007).
Meeting of Experts on Research and Teaching Related to Women
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

A meeting of experts on Research and Teaching Related to Women: Evaluation and Prospects, was held at UNESCO, Paris May 5-8, 1980.
The Age of Discretion by Simone de Beauvoir
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Age of Discretion by Simone de Beauvoir
Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi
IYC Activities at BUC
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Besides the yearly dramatic performance offered for children by Beirut University College (see accompanying picture of the "Wizard of oz", presented this year). Two important projects connected with the International Year of the Child were initiated at BUC during the summer of 1979.
Excerpts From the Writings of Women Feminists
Authors: Al-Said Aminah
Published: March 2020

If we look at women as a group which represents half the Arab nation, we cannot help but admit that this group is the weakest area of our social body.
Sex Education: An Urgent Need Everywhere
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

•A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH CONFRONTS MODERN SOCIETY EVERYWHERE IS THAT OF EXPLOITING SEX FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, BY OVEREMPHASIZING ITS ROLE IN PEOPLE'SLIVES .• EDUCATORS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FIGHT THIS WAVE AND PREVENT THE USE OF INFORMATION.
The Family in a Changing World
Authors: Khawli Dr. Sana
Published: March 2020

The family as a social unit is affected by cultural and technological factors leading to a change in both its functions and its internal and external relations. Technology may exert either a direct or indirect influence.
The Year of the Child the Year of Hope
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Millions and mi llions of dollars and pounds are being spent on war and armaments all over the world. But how little is being spent on "peace " ! It is vain to speak of the Children's Year in the shadow of canons and bullets. Violence like fire is spreading everywhere and threatening the world with extinction. And all of us are responsible for th is degradation.
Child Welfare in Egypt
Authors: Saleh Saneya
Published: March 2020

This talk reports on a pioneer project planned by a group of women volunteers interested in child welfare, successfully carried out with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education and the American University of Cairo.
Will to Power
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Human identity in the past was mainly dictated by biological needs and man's struggle to satisfy them. Today, the advance of knowledge in developed countries has lessened man's dependence on his environment. He has an unprecedented freedom to choose his work and to indulge in activities that will transcend the bare necessi ties.
Mary Ajami (1880-1965)
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The 19th Century in the Arab World saw the rise of pioneering figures who. strove to revive Classical Arabic literature. They produced important linguistic works which prepared the way for further achievements. They were succeeded, in the late 19th and in the early twentieth century, by a group of committed authors who laid the foundation of modern journalism, essay·writing, drama, fiction and modern poetry. They produced a neo·c1assical literature and, in spite of variety in the topics they treated, their works were characterized by deep interest in social reform.
Health and Displacement: A Comparative Analysis of Displaced Iraqis’ Access to Reproductive Health Services in Iran & Jordan
Authors: Schneider Kammerle , Razavi Negar
Published: March 2020

Currently, 60,000 Iraqis are forced to flee their homes every month (IRIN, 2007). And yet, very few public officials, media sources, or activists have seriously discussed issues confronting the nearly four million Iraqis that have either been displaced internally or forced to leave the country altogether. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, stated, “Iraq is the world’s best-known conflict but the least wellknown humanitarian crisis.”1 Furthermore, the little attention that is given in the media or in policy circles almost exclusively focuses on the plight of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria, where they total nearly 1.5 million. Almost nothing is known of their status in neighboring Iran, which prior to the invasion hosted the largest Iraqi refugee population in the world.
Factors Affecting the Arab Woman's Role in Rural Development
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

This is the title of a study made by the "Third Technical Periodic Conference of the Arab Rural Engineers Union", held in Baghdad, 14-20 March, 1977, and published by the "General Union of Iraqi Women", Secretariat of Studies & Research .
Women Between Reality and Illusion
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Soon after her birth, they inculcated into her mind the idea that she was born for marriage; otherwise she would have to live like an outcast and to work as a servant in her brother's house or at some other relative's.
Huda Sha'arawi - (1882-1947)
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

A born leader, she was the first Egyptian "'lady" totear up her veil in public and throw it into the sea. In1919 she led a demonstration of "veiled women" againstBritish occupation; in 1920, she claimed for women theright to vote.
Veil of Shame: Role of Women in the Contemporary Fiction of North Africa and the Arab World
Authors: Accad Evelyne
Published: March 2020

This recent study (1976) attempts to analyse, by means of exposition and comparison, the image of woman in modern Arabic fiction. It is an ambitious project, because the author tries to cover in her study the Arabic and non-Arabic (French and English) fiction of North African countries which she calls "The Maghreb" as well as that of the other Arab countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, which she calls "The Mashreq."
Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Vision, activity and willingness to give,these qualities prepared Mrs. Tai Young Lee for the creation of the Korean Legal Aid Center for Family Relations in 1956.
Zainab Fawwaz (1850-1914)
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

When people say that Zainab Fawwaz shone in a period of darkness, they seem to forget that other women authors appeared in her time: Aisha Taimour, the Egyptian poet with whom Zainab corresponded and to whom she presented her book of biography, "Ad-Dourr al-Manthour fi Tabaqat Rabbat el-Khudur." Warda al Yazigi, the Lebanese poet; Warda el-Turk; and others.
"Liberation of the Arab Woman within the limits of Islamic law"
Authors: Nuwaihi Dr. Muhammad
Published: March 2020

Prepared by Dr. Muhammad Nuwaihi, professor of Arabic literature and director of Arab studies at the American University in Cairo; delivered at the Conference on "Woman and Evolution," August, 1975.
A Trade like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt
Authors: Mahdawi Dalila
Published: March 2020

Anyone who has read Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy will remember the low esteem in whichfemale entertainers in Egypt were held. To many, this went hand in hand with prostitution, alcoholand drugs. Mahfouz’s novel may have been set many years ago, but it seems such attitudes werestill prevalent in the late 1980s and prompted Karin van Nieuwkerk to undertake her study of femalesingers and dancers in Egypt. On the whole, she is successful. Her ethnography fuses together issuesimportant in the fields of feminism, ethnomusicology, dance and anthropology, whilst remainingappealing for non-academic audiences.
Social and Academic Adjustment of University Women of the Arab Gulf States
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

This is the title of a field study prepared by Dr. Isaac Kotb. Assistant Professor of Sociology at the "Kuwait University", published in 1975.
Salwa Nassar: Lebanon
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The year 1977 marks the tenth anniversary of the premature death of Dr. Salwa Nassar, an internationally known nuclear physicist, and it seems appropriate, in this issue of al Raida, to provide a glimpse into the life of this pioneer who devoted herself to active service particularly in the fields of scientific research and education.
Image and Status of Women in the Lebanese Press
Authors: Alouche Dr. Richard
Published: March 2020

This research deals with the evolution of women's image as revealed by the Lebanese press over the past forty years.
Concept of Women in Children's Textbooks
Authors: Kallab Dr. Ilham
Published: March 2020

Dr. Illham Kallab examines and analyses the role and image of women as they are portrayed in children's textbooks.
IWSAW Grants
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

IWSAW Grants
Documents of Arab Conferences and Workshops About Women
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Documents of Arab Conferences and Workshops About Women
Constitutional Matters: Women, State, Law, and Constitutions in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings
Authors: Joseph Suad
Published: March 2020

Following the Arab Spring in 2011, constitutions and constitutional reforms were everywhere in the air in the Arab world. Constitutional matters were a must in critical conversations on women and gender rights in the Arab world at that historic moment. Egypt has reworked its constitution more than once since 2011. Constitutional debates mixed with debates about law and family codes were engaging diverse publics in Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia — and always in Lebanon — as well as many other Arab countries. Regardless of whether in a particular Arab country constitutions are changing or even the possibility of constitutional change is being discussed, it remains the case that constitutions are useful projects to think with and to think through for understanding gender, rights, and other key social issues.
Democratization and Women’s Political Leadership in North Africa
Authors: Moghadam Valentine
Published: March 2020

In the spring of 2011 citizens in one Arab country after another rose in defiance of authoritarian regimes to demand political change. It appeared that the region had caught up with the “third wave” of democratization — perhaps even ushering in a fourth one — and would embark on successful democratic transitions. After all, polls since 2000 had shown strong support for democracy in almost all Arab countries (Moaddel, 2007). The road since then, however, has been rocky with quite different trajectories that a burgeoning body of literature has analyzed. Less researched has been the gendered nature of the uprisings, that is, how gender relations and women’s mobilizations have shaped these trajectories, as well as how women and their rights have been affected.
Tunisian Women in the “Arab Spring”: The Singularity of Article 46 in the 2014 Constitution
Authors: Labidi Lilia
Published: March 2020

The “Arab Spring” that began in Tunisia has provided the context for women to gain a number of victories. The adoption of the parity law, for which women have been struggling for more than two decades, opened the door of the Constituent Assembly to women wearing the hijab who had been previously excluded from participating in public life and formal politics, and enabled women to participate in writing the new Constitution. Tunisia lifted its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 2014.
Body, Gender, and Power Problematics Manifested in Arab Revolutions
Authors: Ketiti Awatef
Published: March 2020

Over the course of Arab revolutions, many individual and collective phenomena and behaviours emerged, proving the importance of sex and gender in the concretization of the concepts of authority, and the methods of addressing them in both the public and the private spaces. Among such occurrences are the exacerbation of physical and symbolic violence against women, the frequency of violence, rape, trafficking, and child marriages, all of which have increased to the beat of religious fatwas and new laws that oppose women’s citizenship and humanity. The rise to power of Islamic movements has nurtured and further fuelled these phenomena, unveiling the extent to which these currents rely on gender and women as a cornerstone for their discourse.
Tunisia in Transition: Women in Limbo
Authors: Rhaiem Abdelhamid
Published: March 2020

Amidst a deteriorating security situation characterized by the assassination of two political leaders (in February and July 2013), the lethal attacks on the Tunisian army in the Chaanbi mountain range, and the ongoing clashes with the police, Tunisia is elbowing its way towards democratic transition. Compared to other Arab countries, Tunisia has made noticeable advances in what has come to be known as the “Arab Spring”; the political parties have agreed to shake hands and negotiate amidst a general sense that it was impossible for them to meet.
On Islamic Feminist Texts and Women Activism
Authors: Abboud Hosn , Dabbous Dima
Published: March 2020

In the early nineteen nineties, when Arab and Muslim women in the diaspora began to speak of the linguistic construct “Islam” and “feminism,” the two terms were not yet closely connected. The discourse was rather about Islamic feminism as a trend or as a different form of gender awareness and renewal in Islamic thought (Badran, 2009). With the start of the twenty first century, a large group of Muslim women scholars and activists working on feminist issues, researchers on Islam, theologians, and social scientists from Senegal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, Malaysia, France, and the United States met for a conference in Barcelona (October 26-30, 2005) under the title “Junta Islamic Catalonia”. The Iranian Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Pakistani Refaat Hassan, Afro-American Amina Wadud, Pakistani Asma Barlas, and many other voices were heard officially discussing “Islamic feminism”, knowing that the phrase itself was used earlier in the journal Zenan, in post-revolutionary Iran.
Write Your Heart Out!
Authors: Katawi Mona
Published: March 2020

People always asked me many questions about my background and what it is like to be an Arab woman. The more questions they asked, the more I felt Ihad been robbed of a language I can call my own.
Life Goes On
Authors: Wasfi Dahlia
Published: March 2020

“Dahlia, come here,” my father called.I was upstairs in my parents’ house, during the winter break of my sophomore year at Swarthmore College. On the East Coast it was 5 p.m., Jan. 16, 1991. In Iraq – my father’s birthplace and homeland of my paternal family – it was 1 a.m., Jan. 17. I went to the balcony overlooking the family room.
Writing Arab-American Identity Post 9/11
Authors: Fadda-Conrey Carol
Published: March 2020

In their introduction to the first anthology of Arab-American short fiction, Dinarzad’s Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction, editors Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa (2004) comment on the inextricable link between the global political repercussions triggered by the events of 9/11 and the need to assert Arab-American literature on the US literary map.
A War of Their Own: Three Novels about the Lebanese Civil War Written by Women
Authors: Mahdawi Dalila
Published: March 2020

Women have historically been excluded from war literature. Recently, however, women, including those in the Middle East, have begun to recount the stories of war and create alternatives to time-honoured masculinized war narratives. Their articulation of their experiences is having a dramatic impact on perceptions of conflict, sexuality, and society.
Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Post-Modern Analysis
Authors: Makdisi Jean
Published: March 2020

The basic argument of Haideh Moghissi’s book Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis is that the stereotypical, orientalist view of women in Islam, used by nineteenth century colonialists and contemporary neo-imperialists alike to argue for the imposition of policy changes and even military interventions in the countries of Islam ostensibly for the protection of its oppressed women, has been countered by arguments cloaked in a romantic nostalgia of an invented past, which show that women, far from being oppressed and discriminated against in Muslim society, are actually better off then they are elsewhere.
Young Arab Women in Pune City, India
Authors: Athalye Naina
Published: March 2020

This short article or report is a preliminary documentation of reactions and suggestions of Arab students in Pune City, India. The larger study, which was started sometime in February 2006, is yet to be completed. The study, entitled "Decision Making and Social Support Systems of Young Arab Women Living in Pune City", aims at understanding the decision-making process of young Arab women, how they circumvent patriarchy to make informed choices, and how the existing social support system can heal their hearts and minds, helping them overcome isolation in a foreign land. The sample of the study consisted of fifty married women who have dependent children and another twenty women who are young students. About twenty Arab men also later became part of the study. Most of the study's data was recorded, based on focus group discussions and telephone interviews. An inventory is being constructed which will delve into issues women face as wives, young mothers, and students residing in a democratic country like India.
Where do you Really Come From?: Arab and Arab-American Women Break Silences
Authors: Johnson Penny
Published: March 2020

For scholars and students located, as is this reviewer, in places with erratic (or no) postal service, inadequate library budgets, and other problems of access and isolation, MIT's Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies (EJMES), a multidisciplinary journal launched in 2001, is welcome in its highly accessible form — but also in its innovative, and critical content. Its encouragement of work by young scholars, including graduate students, is particularly appealing.“Gender, Nation and Belonging: Arab and American Feminist Perspectives”, edited by Rabab Abdulhadi, Nadine Naber and Evelyn Alsultany (Summer 2006, Volume 5), is the most ambitious (as well as the longest) offering to date and has the signal virtue of being both analytically rich and a pleasure to read, including poetry, memoirs and interviews, as well as more academic interventions.
Is there Discrimination against Women in Arab Universities? A Study on the Status of Female and Male Professors
Authors: Hoteit Fadia , Debbas Rose
Published: March 2020

The challenges facing women across the world are numerous and require hard and long-term effort. Adding to this burden are the unobserved obstacles latent in the minds of many women resulting from their need to develop contemporary lifestyles and identities. These mental barriers harbored by women repress, and even block, their ability to become self-actualized and achieve empowerment. In other words, a conflict arises within modern women's psyches between the requirements innate in social progress and education on the one hand, and commitment to cultural and traditional values on the other. This study seeks to address the questions: What is the situation of the teaching staff, especially women, in Arab universities? Is there awareness about gender discrimination among faculty members of Arab universities? Moreover, if such discrimination is detected, what are its forms, aspects and degrees? By responding to these questions, the desire for a clearer understanding of women's roles in higher education, and their effects, can be fulfilled.
Women, Higher Education and Society: A Gender Perspective
Authors: Ahmad Ba Kader Abu Bakr
Published: March 2020

Although liberal Islamic teachings stipulate that education is a mandatory right for all Muslims regardless of gender, and encourages the pursuit of education and wisdom from the cradle to the grave, and despite what is written in the hadith1 concerning the Prophet's positive attitude towards education for both genders, some scholars and rulers in the past have not given importance to education for women. Historically, education for women has been restricted to the realm of religious matters. As a “means to an end” and “in fear of causing unrest,” some have endeavored to persuade Muslim communities to “deny” women the right to literacy and to discourage them from furthering their education.
Role of Higher Education in the Empowerment and Achievements of Arab Women
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Lebanese Consulate in Dubai and the Northern Emirates in collaboration with the Lebanese American University Alumni organized a forum on the “Role of Higher Education in the Empowerment and Achievements of Arab Women.”
Opening Speeches - Women in the Arab World: Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Jabbra Joseph , Turk Donna , Sfeir Abdallah
Published: March 2020

First, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for inviting me to speak to you tonight on this happy occasion. Second, I'd like to salute you for choosing for yourforum such an important topic, The Role of Higher Education in the Empowerment and Achievements of Arab Women. Third, I am grateful to all the participantsin this conference whose contributions, I am sure, will add significantly to improving the life of women in theArab world, and fourth, I'd like to extend my most sincere gratitude to the organizers for working so hard to make this event most productive and most enjoyable.
The Role of the Lebanese American University in the Empowerment of Women
Authors: Nasrallah Emily
Published: March 2020

Allow me to start with a word of thanks to the Dubai and Northern Emirates Chapter of the Lebanese American University's Alumni Association. Chapter President Adalat Nakash and Vice President Saad El-Zein kindly invited me and gave me the opportunity to be present among you to participate in this conference on the empowerment of Arab women in various fields, such as politics, economics, and socio-cultural activities; and the role of a university in general, and LAU in particular.
The Role of Higher Education in the Empowerment of Arab Women
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

The role of higher education in the empowerment of Arab women was the subject of a round table discussion held at the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World in January 2006. The participants Lara A, Evette G., Yasmine D., Rania G., Dahlia K.S., Maysa H., Zeina M., Josiane M., Myriam S., Marie Jose T. and Rana W. represented several of the major universities in Lebanon. The moderators were Dr. Dima Dabbous- Sensenig and Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss. Due to space constraints, the following are excerpts from the twohour discussion.
The Role of LAU in Empowering Women: A Personal Experience - Anita Farah Nassar
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

Anita Farah Nassar has been affiliated with the Lebanese American University (LAU) since 1965, and throughout those 37 years, she has served LAU diligently. After graduating from the Beirut College for Women (currently LAU) in 1969 with a Bachelor degree, she worked at the nursery school then later joined the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) as Program Coordinator and was later promoted to Program Officer. She also received her Masters degree from this same institution after it became a full-fledged university. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of IWSAW. Given that this issue of Al-Raida investigates the role of higher education in empowering Arab women, here is what Nassar had to say about her university years.
Because I am a girl, I must study
Authors: Author Unknown
Published: March 2020

A father asks his daughter:Study: why should you study?I have sons aplenty who can studyGirl, why should you study?
Preventing Trafficking and Prostitution/Ghada Jamsheer: Not Guilty
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Preventing Trafficking and ProstitutionA Joint project between European Women's Lobby and the Coalition against trafficking in Women (CATW) to promote preventative measures in combating trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation. Ghada Jamsheer: Not GuiltyWomen's rights activist Ghada Jamsheer was found not guilty of defaming a Sharia judge by the Lower Criminal Court on 28 December 2005. The court ruled that there was not enough evidence to prosecute Ms. Jamsheer because the judge only had one witness who supported his claim against her.
‘Sisters of Mercy’
Authors: Nashabe Omar
Published: March 2020

On March 15, 2006, Rana Koleilat was found bleeding in her Sao Paolo prison cell. Brazilian police claimed, however, that she was not seriously injured, and was only trying to attract attention to her plight. Meanwhile, Joumana Ayyas, Rana's alleged partner in crime, was still quietly incarcerated in Lebanon.
Human Rights Practice: Gender-Sensitive Law Enforcement
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Women are entitled to the equal enjoyment and protection of all human rights in the political, economic, social, cultural, civic and other domains. These rights include, inter alia, the right to life, equality, liberty and security of the person; equal protection under the law; freedom from discrimination; the highest attainable standard of mental and physical health; just and favourable conditions of work; and freedom from torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
Female Violence during the Egyptian Legislative Elections 2005 Egyptian Women Baltajiya
Authors: Jawdeh Lina Abou
Published: March 2020

The 2005 Egyptian Legislative Elections turned out to be a beneficial time for the baltajiya (bouncers in Egyptian dialect). The baltajiya is a group of muscular men or women hired by candidates to attend electoral rallies and support them. They are also hired to beat up and harass opponents and their supporters.
Breaking the Codes: Female Criminality in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Authors: Forth Christopher E.
Published: March 2020

Ann-Louise Shapiro's Breaking the Codes: Female Criminality in Fin-de-Siècle Paris is a compelling and innovative cultural history of the problem of the female criminal in France at the turn of the century. Shapiro's work is also refreshingly distinct from other histories of this period in that it brings a sense of theoretical rigor to her primary argument that the female criminal was "a code that condensed, and thus obscured, other concerns" (p. 4). In this sense Shapiro's work is reminiscent of Mary Louise Roberts' Civilization Without Sexes: Restructuring Gender in Postwar France, 1917-1927 (Chicago, 1994) and Maria Tatar's Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany (Princeton, 1995), recent works which address historical responses to the problem of dangerous femininity.
Basketball Players Get It and We Don’t! Denying Lebanese Women the Right of Nationality
Authors: Al-Salah Razan
Published: March 2020

Lebanese women, including my mother, suffer from inequality in citizenship rights based on a sexist, racist, and sectarian ‘rule of double standards.’ Being born into a mixed-cultural family, my father Palestinian and my mother Lebanese, they have persistently explained to me how women are considered a lower class of citizenry in Lebanon, particularly under the law.
Democracy and Gender: The Role of Women in Politics, the Media and Education
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

In cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Goethe Institut, the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University held a seminar on Friday, November 18, 2005 on Democracy and Gender.Mr. Samir Farah, representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung started by welcoming the audience and introducing the event.
Arab Women and Activism
Authors: Helou Marguerite
Published: March 2020

Activism is a term widely used to describe a broad range of activities carried out by individuals, groups and organizations. No single definition of the concept is fully comprehensive or universally accepted. While certain activities may be termed activism by some, they may not be considered as such by others. What constitutes activism is a controversial issue and is likely to remain a culture- and time-bound concept.
Colonial Feminists from Washington to Baghdad
Authors: Zangana Haifa
Published: March 2020

In the few months preceding and following the occupation of Iraq, several US-funded Iraqi women’s NGOs were established in Washington. Their hastily stagedbirth was deemed necessary to engage “important voices which were missing from the debate – those of Iraqi women with personal experience of Saddam Hussein's oppression.”2 It was a last minute rush to provide the much-needed moral legitimacy to the immoral invasion.
A Perspective on the Women’s Mosque Movement in Cairo
Authors: Lewis Leslie R.
Published: March 2020

Debarking the plane, with children in tow, we move into the receiving area of Cairo International Airport and find a tearful family waiting for us to emerge from the final baggage check. Every one of our numerous female relatives present is wearing the new Islamic dress, covered head to foot to hand in a dark flowing abeya. We embrace them all, but discover someone missing from their welcoming ranks: my husband’s sister, Ameena. It is explained that, mash’ Allah, Ameena has taken the niqab, a small sartorial addition (a rectangle of fine mesh material covering the face and eyes) that nonetheless signals a radical change in her life choices and physical movement. Ameena has sent word that she will meet us at home; she prefers to avoid mixing with unrelated men at the airport.