WMF Organizes a Seminar in Cairo on “Feminist Readings of Arab Cultural History”
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\The Women and Memory Forum (WMF) organized a seminar entitled “Feminist Readings of
Arab Cultural History” on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, at the Swiss Club in Cairo. During the
seminar, the participants presented and discussed their research papers.
Seminar Papers:
1. Dr. Amira Abu Taleb, “Theme of Jealousy in Ibn Sa’ad’s Portrayal of the Wives of Prophet
Muhammed in his Book al-Tabaqat al-Kubra,” moderated by Dr. Hend Mostafa.
2. Sara Maged, “Are Muslim Women Fated to Poverty? Analyzing Three Fatwas on Women’s
Economic Roles and Rights by Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta’,” moderated by Dr. Fatma Hafez.
3. Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi, “Women’s History and the Double Standard Morality: Questioning the
Heritage Books,” moderated by Dr. Hoda al-Saadi.
4. Dr. Magda Hasabelnaby, “Quranic Intertextuality and Identity in Women’s Writings in
Egypt: Fawziya Mahran and Aisha Abd al-Rahman,” moderated by Dr. Karma Sami.
5. Dr. Faten Morsy, “Radwa Ashour, Fatema al-Mernissi, and Lila Abu-Lughod: Arab
Feminism and the Imperative Call to Decolonization Right Here and Right Now,”
moderated by Dr. Lamis al-Nakkash.
6. Dr. Hoda al-Saadi and Dr. Omaima Abu-Bakr, “Reading the Provisions for Women’s Issues
in the History of Islam,” moderated by Dr. Marwa Sharaf al-Deen.
7. Dr. Hoda Elsadda, “Creative Feminist Archives and Rewriting the Canonical Heritage,”
moderated by Dr. Dina Heshmat.
8. Dana Shahbary, “A Study of Mai Ziadeh’s Words and Signs: A Specter of a Writer
Mimicking the Shadows,” moderated by Dr. Azza Mazen
9. Nesma Elsakaan, “Reformist Feminist Readings of Islamic Heritage and Language
Dictionaries: The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic (DHDA) as a Case Study,”
moderated by Dr. Heba Imbaby.
