> Re: Al-Raida (The Pioneer) special spring issue on
> Non-Arab Women in
> the Arab World
> Greetings from Beirut, Last call for papers!
> (and please excuse this generic mail)
> I am writing you, as a member of the editorial board
> and the editor of
> the upcoming spring special issue of Al-Raida on
> non-Arab women in the
> Arab world. In case you are not familiar with our
> journal see:
>
http://www.lau.edu.lb/centers-institutes/iwsaw/raida.html
>
> Al-Raida is the quarterly journal of the Institute
> for Womens Studies
> in the Arab World located at the Lebanese American
> University in Beirut.
>
>
> The upcoming issue will be dealing with the
> interface of gender and
> ethnicity. For purposes of simplicity and inclusion,
> I am using the
> following definition of "non-Arab" as a working
> definition:
> 1) Women whose mother tongue is not Arabic;
> 2) Women whose community was originally non-Arabic
> speaking, e.g.
> victims of forced assimilation;
> 3) Daughters of mixed marriages, whose mothers are
> Arab, but whose
> fathers aren't.
>
> Length of articles:
> Submitted articles can be up to 10 double spaced
> pages and can also be
> updates of articles already published somewhere
> else. Al-Raida is
> currently still a non-refereed journal.
>
> Types of articles:
> We are interested in academic studies on current
> affairs, personal (e.g.
> testimonial) background reports, historical
> overviews, interviews, short
> opinion pieces, etc. dealing with the above
> mentioned topics.
>
> Time schedule:
> The spring issue is planned for publication in late
> May 2003. Because of
> several withdrawals and a lack of submissions in
> certain key areas we
> may be forced to slightly postpone of publication
> date:
> 19/April/2003 is the current official date of
> submission.
> 02/May/2003 is the late date for those who have
> recently submitted paper
> proposals.
> If you are interested in submitting, but cant meet
> the second date,
> please contact me personally.
>
> Open topics:
> We currently need articles dealing with the
> following specific topics:
> 1) Berber women in North Africa
> 2) Kurdish women in the Middle East
> 3) Children of Arab mothers and foreign fathers
> 4) Non-Arab family rituals and art
> 5) Non-Arab religious minorities
> However, we are open to other suggestions as well.
>
> Please feel free to forward this mail or post it on
> lists dealing with
> gender, ethnicity, the Middle East, religion or
> family related issues.
>
> Yours, Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous
> NDU
> Assistant Prof. Dr. Eugene Richard SENSENIG-DABBOUS
> School of Political Science, Public Administration &
> Diplomacy
> Notre Dame de Louaize University, Lebanon
> RL-POBox 72 Zouk Mikael <http://www.ndu.edu.lb>
> fax: +961-9-218771 ph: +961-9-218950/1/2 ext: 2322
> http://www.libanlink.org/index_lilie.htm
> ADDRESS EU
> GenderLink OEG Diversity Centre e.V.
> Mirabellplatz 9, A-5020 Salzburg/EU
> <office@???>
> fax: +43-662-8866-239 ph: -8866-3513/18
>
>
>
>
>
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