Session Information
Description: Panelists discuss Muslim women’s writing, from Bengal and Egypt to its development into contemporary novels and memoirs. Early Bengali Muslim writers and Egyptian Sha’rawy and al Demerdashiyya lay the foundations for contemporary women writers such as Lalalami, Ghada Samman, Chreiteh, and Mohja Kaf. In a wide-ranging, interactive discussion, we contextualize the transnational “precarity” of “being human.”
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Speakers
Amel Abbady, South Valley U of Arts, Egypt
Lava Asaad, Auburn U
Fayeza Hasanat, U of Central Florida
Feroza Framji Jussawalla, U of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Doaa Omran, U of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Presider
Doaa Omran, U of New Mexico, Albuquerque