miriam cooke, Professor

My interests are in modern Arabic literature and contemporary Arab culture. I have written about war and gender in Arabic literature and film and also about Islamic feminism.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	203 Franklin Center
Office Phone:	(919) 684-2312
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.miriamcooke.com

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• ARABIC 184.01, TOPICS IN ARABIC Synopsis

  Franklin Center 028, WF 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

• AMES 189S.01, SYRIAN AND IRAQI REVOLUTIONS Synopsis

  Franklin Center 230/232, M 02:50 PM-05:20 PM

Education:

D.Phil.

Oxford University

1980

Specialties:

Arabic

Research Interests: 20th Century, Criticism, Feminist Theory, Comp Lit, and Arabic

Current projects: "The Tribal Modern in the Arabian Gulf: the Past as Future. An examination of the production of an ultramodern cosmopolitanism with tribal values."

Arab cultural studies

Areas of Interest:

Arab world

Keywords:

Arab culture • Islam • gender

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. m. cooke, “Arab Feminist Research and activism: Bridging the gap between the theoretical and the practical”, Feminist Theory 2011 11:121 (2011)
2. m. cooke, “The Cell Story: Syrian Prison Stories after Hafiz Asad”, in Middle East Critique vol. 20/2, 2011, 169-188 (2011)
3. m. cooke, Nazira Zeineddine. Biography of an Islamic Feminist Pioneer (2010), Oxford: Oneworld Press (part of Makers of the Muslim World Series)
4. m. cooke, “Yahya Haqqi: Arabic Wordsmith” in Roger Allen (ed.) Essays in Arabic Literary Biography 1850-1950 Harrassowitz Verlag 2010, 113-125 (2010)
5. m. cooke, “Deploying the Muslimwoman” (including roundtable response to mc essay), Journal for Feminist Studies of Religion (2009)