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

5^th 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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