Shirin Saeidi, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Saeidi@uark.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. During my research and conversations with Iranians, I am often questioned on my research
Gender and the Law in the Arab World: Text, Pretext, and Citizenship
Catherine Warrick, Villanova University, catherine.warrick@villanova.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. The body of scholarship on gender and politics is rich and wide-ranging, as the essays in
Gilead in Palestine
Lihi Ben Shitrit, University of Georgia, lben@uga.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. In her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which has received renewed attention following its
Unequal Citizens: State Limitations on Women’s Nationality Rights
Lillian Frost, Virginia Tech, lfrost@vt.edu This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Download the PDF of this piece here. “When you turn 18, you realize you are a stranger, but I don’t know Syria. People
Introduction: Looking Beyond Islam
This is part of the MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020. The topic of women and gender in MENA politics has long been associated with Islam because of a historically-held notion that Islam determines every aspect of life