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  miriam cooke, Affiliated Faculty
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  miriam cookeProfessor

Office Location:  222 Trent Hall
Office Phone:  (919) 684-2312
Email Address:  send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • Ames 199.01, Research ind study for honors Synopsis
    See instru, F 07:30 PM-08:45 PM
  • Ames 254s.01, Muslim networks Synopsis
    Franklin center 230/232, W 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
Education:

  • PhD Oxford University 1980

Specialties:

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)
  1. m. cooke. "Hesitations." Naamani, Rim of the Lock  (2009).
  2. m. cooke, "Banipal Magazine". Tadeeb  (2009).
  3. m. cooke, "Lebanese Cinema". Choice  (2009).
  4. m. cooke. "“Deploying the Muslimwoman” (including roundtable response to mc essay)." Journal for Feminist Studies of Religion  (2009).
  5. m. cooke. Nazira Zeineddine: Pioneer of Islamic Feminism (in press).  Oxford Oneworld, 2009.