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| miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor Emerita of Arab Cultures
 Education:
- Ph.D. University of Oxford (United Kingdom) 1980
- D.Phil. Oxford University 1980
- M.A. University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 1971
- Specialties:
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Arabic
Literature & Culture
Gender & Islam
Middle East & North Africa
- Research Interests: 20th Century, Criticism, Feminist Theory, Comp Lit, and Arabic
She has travelled and researched in Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Syria. Her first book dealt with the writings of one of Egypt's leading intellectuals of the 20th century, Yahya Haqqi. Subsequently, her interests turned to the writings of women, especially those that deal with issues of war and gender in the postcolonial Arab world. Her recently published book, Women Claim Islam, analyzes the discourse of Islamic feminists.
- Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications (More Publications)
- Cooke, M. "The Daughter of Isis at Duke University." Journal of Middle East Women'S Studies 18:1 (March,
2022): 150-155. [doi]
- Cooke, M. "Introduction." Journal of Middle East Women'S Studies 18:1 (March,
2022): 147-149. [doi]
- Cooke, M. "Nazira Zeineddine: a jovem e os xeiques." Sociologias 24:61 (January,
2022): 116-139. [doi]
- Cooke, M. "Novel Traces of the Qur'an?." Novel a Forum on Fiction 54:3 (November,
2021): 467-469. [doi]
- Cooke, M. "Intelligent souls? Feminist orientalism in eighteenth-century English literature." Journal of Middle East Women'S Studies 17:2 (July,
2021): 271-273. [doi]
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