INVITATION: 6-15 Islamic Feminism and Beyond: The New Frontier
The Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
presents
Islamic Feminism and Beyond: The New Frontier
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson Center
8:00 - 8:30am Coffee
8:30 - 9:15am Welcoming Remarks: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
9:15 - 11:00am PANEL 1: Citizenship, Gender, and Representation
Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University
Nayereh Tohidi, Professor, Gender and Women's Studies, California State University, Northridge
Lilia Labidi, Professor, Anthropology and Psychology, University of Tunis
Chair: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
11:00 - 11:15am Coffee Break
11:15am - 1:00pm PANEL 2: Equality, Family, and Society
Margot Badran, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Senior Fellow, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Souad Eddouada, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Binnaz Toprak, Professor, Political Science, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bahçeşehir University, Istabul
Chair: Zainab Al-Suwaij, Executive Director, American Islamic Congress
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