Al-Raida Journal

Issues

Arab Women Writing in English - Summer/Fall 2007 - Issues 118-119

Vol. 40 (2016)

As the title indicates, this issue of Al-Raida is informed by the theme of Arab Women Writing in English, presenting essays, short stories, personal reflections, and poetry. Accordingly, the File includes mostly creative writing by Arab women living and working either in or outside the region.

Book Reviews

Review of Women’s Studies Volumes 1 (2003), 2 (2004), 3 (2005)

Rosemary Sayegh

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Women in the Middle East: Past and Present

Nadia El Cheick

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Aisha

Sally Bland

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Gender, Behavior and Health: Schistosomiasis Transmission and Control in Rural Egypt

Jehan Mullin

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Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Post-Modern Analysis

Jean Makdisi

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Islamic Masculinities

Samar Kanafani

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Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women

Tania Tabbara

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Editorial

Arab Women Writing in English

Saadi Nikro

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Files

Write Your Heart Out!

Mona Katawi

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The Importance of Music in my Writing and ‘Engagement’

Evelyne Accad

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A Bracelet on the Wrist of Time

Ibtisam Barakat

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Life Goes On

Dahlia Wasfi

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Writing Um Said: Representation of Motherhood in Edward Said’s Out of Place

Rana Issa

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The Intimacy of Words

Mona Takieddine Amyuni

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Arab Women Writing in English… A Prelude to Dialogue

Zina Alani Mougharbel

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Living with Dissonance: Women Students Speak Out about Sex

Roseanne Saad Khalaf

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Prologue: The Black Day

Anaheed Al-Hardan

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Interviews

Loubna Haikal: By Way of an Interview

Saadi Nikro

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News

Workshop of the Women’s Studies’ and Gender Research Network - Manila

Lebanese American University

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“Teaching Gender” Curriculum Workshop - Yemen

Lebanese American University

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Poems

Another place

Lisa Suheir Majaj

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The Coffin Maker Speaks

Lisa Suheir Majaj

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Beirut / Blue Hours

Nathalie Handal

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break (shape) break (water)

Suheir Hamad

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Homecoming refugee / Qara: beneath an endless sky

Dima Hilal

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Profile

You Are Still with Us Mai

Nazik Saba Rayed

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Excerpts taken from the book by Mai GhoussoubLeaving Beirut Women and Wars Within

Mai Ghoussoub

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Word from the Editor

Word from the Editor-in-Chief

Dima Dabbous-Sensenig

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Young Scholars

Negotiating Identity Across Boundaries Arab-American: An Identity in the Making

Ghia Osseiran

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Writing Arab-American Identity Post 9/11

Carol Fadda-Conrey

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A War of Their Own: Three Novels about the Lebanese Civil War Written by Women

Dalila Mahdawi

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