[Discussion] “Non-Arab Women in the Arab World”

[Gonul]

From: GenderLink Diversity Centre <sensenig@cyberia.net.lb>

Re: Al-Raida (The Pioneer) special spring issue on “Non-Arab Women in
the Arab World”

Greetings from Beirut,   Last call for papers!

(and please excuse this generic mail)

I am writing you, as a member of the editorial board and the editor of
the upcoming spring special issue of Al-Raida on non-Arab women in the
Arab world. In case you are not familiar with our journal see:
http://www.lau.edu.lb/centers-institutes/iwsaw/raida.html

Al-Raida is the quarterly journal of the Institute for Women’s Studies
in the Arab World located at the Lebanese American University in Beirut.




The upcoming issue will be dealing with the interface of gender and
ethnicity. For purposes of simplicity and inclusion, I am using the
following definition of "non-Arab" as a working definition:
1) Women whose mother tongue is not Arabic;
2) Women whose community was originally non-Arabic speaking, e.g.
victims of forced assimilation;
3) Daughters of mixed marriages, whose mothers are Arab, but whose
fathers aren't.


Length of articles:

Submitted articles can be up to 10 double spaced pages and can also be
updates of articles already published somewhere else. Al-Raida is
currently still a non-refereed journal.


Types of articles:

We are interested in academic studies on current affairs, personal (e.g.

testimonial) background reports, historical overviews, interviews, short

opinion pieces, etc. dealing with the above mentioned topics.


Time schedule:

The spring issue is planned for publication in late May 2003. Because of

several withdrawals and a lack of submissions in certain key areas we
may be forced to slightly postpone of publication date:

19/April/2003 is the current official date of submission.

02/May/2003 is the late date for those who have recently submitted paper

proposals.

If you are interested in submitting, but can’t meet the second date,
please contact me personally.


Open topics:

We currently need articles dealing with the following specific topics:

1) Berber women in North Africa
2) Kurdish women in the Middle East
3) Children of Arab mothers and foreign fathers
4) Non-Arab family rituals and art
5) Non-Arab religious minorities

However, we are open to other suggestions as well.


Please feel free to forward this mail or post it on lists dealing with
gender, ethnicity, the Middle East, religion or family related issues.


Yours, Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous

NDU
Assistant Prof. Dr. Eugene Richard SENSENIG-DABBOUS
School of Political Science, Public Administration & Diplomacy
Notre Dame de Louaize University, Lebanon
RL-POBox 72 Zouk Mikael  <http://www.ndu.edu.lb>
fax: +961-9-218771  ph: +961-9-218950/1/2 ext: 2322

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