Karima Bennoune appears in the following:
On 100th Women's Day, a Look at the Changing Middle East
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Recently, women in the Middle East and North Africa, have been standing up and pushing for democratic change and equal rights. What lies ahead for women in these countries as they grapple with forming new, more democratic, governments?
Women in Democracy Building in the Middle East
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Karima Bennoune, professor at Rutgers School of Law and a specialist on the democracy movement, women's rights and religious extremism in the Middle East, and Egyptian-born Leila Ahmed (author of the forthcoming book A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America), professor at Harvard Divinity School whose work focuses on women and religion in the Middle East, discuss the role of religion and women in reform in the Middle East.
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