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 Professor
| Office Location: | 222 Trent Hall | | Office Phone: | (919) 684-2312 | | Email Address: |  
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Teaching (Fall 2009):
- Ames 183.01, Palestinian-israeli conflict
Synopsis
- Franklin center 230/232, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
Education:
- PhD Oxford University 1980
- Specialties:
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Arabic
- 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)
- Edited by miriam cooke, Erdag Goknar, and Grant Parker. Mediterranean Passages - Readings from Dido to Derrida. 2008.
- m. cooke. • Dissident Syria. Making Oppositional Arts Official Duke University Press 2007. Duke University Press,
2007.
- m. cooke. "The Muslimwoman”." Contemporary Islam, 2007 (2007).
- m. cooke. "Academic Freedom: the Danger of Critical Thinking”." International Studies Perspectives 2007 (2007).
- m. cooke. "Women and War in Iraq”." World Literature Today 2007 (2007).
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