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  • Introduction to The State of the Arts in the Middle East: Volume VI: Creative Arab Women

    July 1, 2010

    Noha Mellor, Fran Lloyd, Maysoon Pachachi, Lina Al Al Abed, Lina Chawaf, Mahasem El El Imam, Tamara Abdul Abdul Hadi, Hana Sadiq, Najat El El Ouargui, Reem Maghribi, Sawsan Zaidah, Serena Abi Abi Aad, Hala Galal, Sara Shamma

    Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria

    Creative Arab Women is the sixth edition of the MEI Viewpoints series on the State of the Arts in the Middle East. The 14 essays in this collection offer a glimpse into the rich and varied cultural output of Arab women in the region and the diaspora. Partly reminiscences and partly calls to action, they are essays of survival and empowerment that add a deeply personal dimension to the subject of the role of Arab women as cultural producers. MEI is grateful to Dr. Noha Mellor of Kingston University, United Kingdom, for her inspiration, assistance, and contribution to this collection of essays.


    The Middle East Institute (MEI) is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit, educational organization. It does not engage in advocacy and its scholars’ opinions are their own. MEI welcomes financial donations, but retains sole editorial control over its work and its publications reflect only the authors’ views. For a listing of MEI donors, please click here.

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