[GALA-L] Donations for travel bursaries for IGALA6 requested

[Fatima Sadiqi]

Dear Jane,
 
I am trying to raise some funds to attend. Will let you know if I am lucky enough to bump into biog donors...  I am very excited about the Tokyo event: Mom is a dear friend.
 






On the other hand, I am pleased to inform you that Moha Ennaji and I have co-edited a volume on Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Agents of Change. The book is published by Routledge. You or your university may order a copy from Routledge or Amazon. Here is their press release.







 
 


 
 
 Women in the Middle East and North Africa

Agents of Change
Edited by Fatima Sadiqi, Moha Ennaji
·               Price: £26.99
·               Binding/Format: Paperback 
·               ISBN: 978-0-415-57321-4 
·               Publish Date: 15th July 2010 
·               Imprint: Routledge 
·               Pages: 204 pages 
  
This book examines the position of women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Although it is culturally diverse, this region shares many commonalities with relation to women that are strong, deep, and pervasive: a space-based patriarchy, a culturally strong sense of religion, a smooth co-existence of tradition and modernity, a transitional stage in development, and multilingualism/multiculturalism. 
Experts from within the region and from outside provide both theoretical angles and case studies, drawing on fieldwork from Egypt, Oman, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Spain. Addressing the historical, socio-cultural, political, economic, and legal issues in the region, the chapters cover five major aspects of women’s agency:
 


political agency; 
civil society activism; 
legal reform; 
cultural and social agencies; 
religious and symbolic agencies. 
 
Bringing to light often marginalized topics and issues, the book underlines the importance of respecting specificities when judging societies and hints at possible ways of promoting the MENA region. As such, it is a valuable addition to existing literature in the field of political science, sociology, and women’s studies.


 
Fatima Sadiqi 
Senior Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies (MA, PhD)
Co-Founder of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC), Fez, Morocco  www.inlac.net
Director of the Isis Center for Women and Development
UN Gender Expert
President of the National Union of Women's Organizations www.nuwo.org
www.fatimasadiqi.on.ma


      
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