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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Despite the growth of the academic field of women in the Middle East, and the number of women graduates who have made contributions to their countries in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> and globally, large gaps in theory, methods, policy and action still exist. This proposed Special Issue for the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">National Women Studies Association Journal </I>provides a platform for scholars and activists from the Middle East, North America, Europe and other parts of the world to fill gaps and speak out about the front and center </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">issues and debates that they consider to be <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">priorities </I>facing women in the Middle East. This Special Issue will focus on the diversity of women in
the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> to consider how the intersections of gender with geography, history, culture, religion, class, age, language, the environment, political structures and social change affect their lives. The Special Issue serves to provide in one place a forum that documents research, theory, analytical frames, and learned lessons from women in the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> about the issues and debates affecting their lives.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>The editors are inviting one-page proposals (along with a short biography, CV or resume) that</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> explore, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The issues that are considered priorities facing Middle Eastern Women in the Third Millennium: What are the commonalities and differences from nation to nation within the region and globally? How are these concerns prioritized and why? In what ways can those issues be ameliorated? What conditions, structures, and resources are required to address these priority concerns of women in the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>The special issue of the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">NWSA Journal </I>on Middle Eastern Women will include scholarship that is both topical and geographical. As such, original research and writing can address any of the following subjects:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Education, the environment,</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> t</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>he girl-child social problems, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>h</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>ealth care</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">, l</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>iterature</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>families, decision making, leadership</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">, w</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>omen’s rights</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>religion and politicized religion</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">, w</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>ar, sexuality, poverty, unemployment, work, economic conditions, the legal system, addiction,
violence and abuse, media representations, colonialism, post-colonialism, resistance, development, women’s history, women’s movements, immigration, Diaspora, culture and taboos.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Proposals about the above topics must focus on one or more of the nation-states in the Middle East. The focus of the proposals can include empirical, evaluation or advocacy research. The editors are interested in addressing the above topics through diverse types of contributions, including research notes, traditional research articles, reflective statements on projects or programs, and personal narratives.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Guest Editors:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nawal H. Ammar, Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>University of Ontario Institute of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aylin Akpinar, Faculty of Arts and <BR><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Letters and Department of Sociology, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Marmara</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:City></st1:place>, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Submission Process: <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US>All submissions should be written in English. One-page proposals and authors’ curriculum vitae or biographies should be emailed to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Nawal Ammar</st1:PersonName> at (<A href="mailto:Nawal.Ammar@UOIT.ca"><FONT color=#0000ff>Nawal.Ammar@UOIT.ca</FONT></A>) by January 16, 2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The proposals </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">should explicitly mention objectives, new results /frameworks/theoretical contributions, and conclusions or future outlook. The following information is required: name (s) of author (s), affiliation, email address (es) and mailing address (es), and title of the paper.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Authors will be notified of the status of their proposals by March 2, 2009. Full manuscripts will be subject to blind reviews and must adhere to publishing guidelines of the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">NWSA Journal</I>, which can be found on their web site. Full papers are due July 3, 2009. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRoman">Inquiries regarding this special issue should be directed toward the guest editor, Nawal H. Ammar, Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, <A href="mailto:Nawal.Ammar@UOIT.ca"><FONT color=#0000ff>Nawal.Ammar@UOIT.ca</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></div><br>
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