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SMARTlab is pleased to inform you Fatima Sadiqi and Maha Ennaji have co-edited a volumn on Women in t he Middle East and North Africa. Agent of Change. The book is published by Routledge.

Women in the Middle East and North Africa
Agents of Change

Edited by Fatima Sadiqi, Moha Ennaji
·               Price: £26.99

·               Binding/Format: Paperback
·               ISBN: 978-0-415-57321-4
·               Publish Date: 15th July 2010
·               Imprint: Routledge
·               Pages: 204 pages
 
This book examines the position of women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Although it is culturally diverse, this region shares many commonalities with relation to women that are strong, deep, and pervasive: a space-based patriarchy, a culturally strong sense of religion, a smooth co-existence of tradition and modernity, a transitional stage in development, and multilingualism/multiculturalism.
Experts from within the region and from outside provide both theoretical angles and case studies, drawing on fieldwork from Egypt, Oman, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Spain. Addressing the historical, socio-cultural, political, economic, and legal issues in the region, the chapters cover five major aspects of women’s agency:
 

political agency;
civil society activism;
legal reform;
cultural and social agencies;
religious and symbolic agencies.
 
Bringing to light often marginalized topics and issues, the book underlines the importance of respecting specificities when judging societies and hints at possible ways of promoting the MENA region. As such, it is a valuable addition to existing literature in the field of political science, sociology, and women’s studies.



I am pleased to inform you that my latest journalistic piece "North African Women at the Forefront of Legal Reform" has been released by Common Ground News Service (New York) on November 10, 2009. The  article is translated into French, Arabic, Indonisian and Urdu and is appearing in vartious newspapers and websites . The four versions of the article are available at the bottom of the English version. Please google Common Ground News Service website. Inquiries and/or feedback are most welcome.
 
http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=26736&lan=en&sid=1&sp=0&isNew=0
http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=25777
http://www.sfcg.org

Fatima Sadiqi

View Dr Fatima Sadiqi's latest CNN interview on women's rights in Morocco

Once of SafetyNET's founding members is currently featured in the global Feminist publication Ms. Magazine. Dr Fatima Sadiqi is Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies at the University of Fes. Her research into the traditional Berber language in Morocco shows the powerful connections between language and women's rights...
 
Read the full article in Ms. Magazine here