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DEGREES
§
1977–1982
Ph.D.In English Literature ,
§
1976–1977
M.A. In English Literature ,
§ 1971–1975 B.A. In English
Literature,
MANAGEMENT, ACADEMIC & CONSULTING
EXPERIENCES
§ July 2008 –
present Minister, Political and
Media Advisor at the Presidency /
§ 2003– August
2008 Minister of Expatriates,
Ministry of Expatriates /
§ 2002–
2003 Director,
Foreign Media Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs /
§ 1993–
2003 Interpreter
for President /
§ 2000– 2005 Vice President, Arab Writers Union /
§ 1988–
2002 Advisor for
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs /
§ 1985-2002 Professor of Romantic Poetry, English
Dept.,
§ 1982- 1984 Lecturer
English Dept.,
§ BOOKS & BUBLICATIONS
§ Author:
§ 2000 Arab Women: In the Twentieth Century,
(In Arabic), Dar Al-Mada in
§ 1999 A Hundred Years of Arab Women
Novelists, (In Arabic) , Dar Al-Arab
in
§ 1993 Poetry and Politics: Shelly and the
Chartist Poets, (In Arabic), Dar Tlas in
§ 1988 Both Right and Left Handed: Arab
Women Talk About Their Lives (in English),
The Women's Press in
Co- Author:
§
"Women in Muslim Societies", Diversity Within Unity Eds.
Herbert L. Bodman and Nayereb
Tohidi, Lynne Renner Publishers,
§
Arab Women Between
§
Shelly, the Unacknowledged Legislator of the World, Eds. Betty T.
Bennett and Stuart Curran,
§ "Faith and Freedom," Women Human Rights in the Islamic World, Ed. Mahnar Afkhami, I.B. Tauris Publishers, New York, 1995
Editor:
§ Al
Soufour Wal Hijab, (The Veil and the Unveiling), by Nazira Zein Din (1928) Reissued
by Dar Al-Mada,
§ Al Fatat
Wal Shieukh, (Women and
the Clergy), By Nazira Zein
Din (1929) reissued by ar Al-Mada,
§ Weekly Columns:
§ 2003
– Present Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper
§ 2003
– Present Al-Watan Newspaper
§ 2003
– Present The Daily Star
(English)
§ 1993
- Present Tishreen
Newspaper
§ 2006-
Present Asharq
Al-Qataria Newspaper
§ 2008- present Kaleej Times (English) United Arab of Emirates
Articles &
Papers:
In English:
§
"The Hidden History of Arab Feminism," Ms. Magazine,
§
"What are Arab Women Authors Writing About?" The
§
"Shelley and the Barmbys, "Keats-Shelly
Journal,
§
"As a Middle Eastern Woman, What Would I Change in my Country?," The
§
"The Romantics in the Chartist Press," Keats-Shelly Journal,
§ " Arab Women Literature," Arab Affairs, No. 9, Spring and Summer, 1989, pp. 109-117
§
"Shelley and the Chartist Press," Keats-Shelley Memorial
Bulleting,
§
“Translating Culture, its
Methods and Objectives” Foreign Literature Quarterly, No 87,
Summer 1996, pp. 11-22
In
Arabic:
§ "The
Muted Voices of Muslim Women Interpreters," Al Nahaj
Journal,
§ "Muslim
Women in
§ "The Arab Woman's Novel," Mawaqif, No. 10-71, Spring/Winter 1993,pp. 211-234.
§ "Let's differ and Develop" Fonoun Journal, No 68, 3,33,1993, p 48.
§
" Arab Women's Press in the First Half of the Twentieth
Century," Al Baath Weekly,
§ "Ghada Samman and Laylat al-Miliad," Al-Mawqif Al-Adabi (a Monthly
Literary Journal Published by the Arab writers Union in
§ "Sahar Khalifa and the Memories of an Unrealistic Woman," Al-Mawqif Al-Adabi, December 1998.
§ "A
§ "Feminism
Between Western thoughts and Arab Reality," Al-Baath
Weekly,
§ " Twareq Women in the
Southern Algerian Sahara," Al- Arabi (A
monthly Journal,
§ "Fathiya Mahmoud Al-Bati, A Pioneering Example of Arab Women
Novelist," Al Usbu' Al Adabi (a Literary Weekly,
§ "Arab
Women Literature and English Women Literature: Ghada Samman and Virginia Woolf, a
Comparative Study," Al Mawqif Al-Arabi,
§ "Women
and the Correctionist Movement in
§
"Women Since the 1973 War in
PRESENTATIONS
& LECTURES
§
The Non-Aligned Movement on the Advancement of Women Conference,
§
"Arab World in 2020," Arab
Strategy Forum,
§
"Women Defending Peace, Women
defending Peace conference,
§
"10 years after
§
"Woman's Role in Peace and War," The
§
"Woman And Policy,"
§
"Media Terminology and Arab
Right,”
§
"Arab Women in the Twenty First Century,"
§
"The Image of Arab Women in Western Media," Women's Club,
§
"Translation and Cultures,"
§
"Women in the MENA Region," The World Bank,
§
"The Age of Translation,"
§ "Shelley and Chartists," International Conference on Shelley, The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, 20-23 May 1992
§
"Women as Pioneer in the Arab Novel," an International
conference on the Arab Novel, Gabes,
§ "The Center and Margin in Arab Women's Criticism," at a Panel on the Center and Margin in Arab Culture, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sfax University, Tunisia, 15-17 April 1993
§
"Women and War in the Middle East," Perspectives on 1967
War, International Studies Week,
§
" Women Novel, Male Criticism," a conference on Women's
Creative Writings in the Arab World,
§
"Women and Islam," a Symposium,
§
"Arab Women's Literary and Political Performance in the Twentieth Century,"Challenges Conference,
§
"Women's Power," Women's
§
"The Role of Arab Women in War and Peace: Consequences of the Gulf
Crisis,"
§
"The Role of Arab Women in War and Peace"
§
"Arab Women as the Symbol and Prism of Arab Culture,"
§
"Gender and Education in the Arab World,"
§
"Feminism in the Arab World: Problems and Horizons," Al-Assad Library
§
"Structuralism and Romantic Poetry,"
§
"Shelley and Ernest Jones,"
§
"Shelley in the Chartist's
Eyes," Shelley Conference,
HONORS & AWARDS
§ 2005 - Nominated for “1000 Women for Noble Peace Prize 2005”,
§
2005 - Award of “ The Most
Distinguished Woman in Governmental Position”, league of
§
2000 - Thelma McAndless Distinguished
Professor,
§
1993 - Rockefeller at
§
1990 – 1991 Fulbright Research
Scholarship,
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