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miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor Emerita of Arab Cultures and Professor of Duke University Center for International Studies

miriam cooke

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:  2204 Erwin Road 203
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://miriamcooke.apostrophenow.com

Education:

Ph.D.University of Oxford (United Kingdom)1980
D.Phil.Oxford University1980
M.A.University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)1971
Specialties:

Arabic
Literature & Culture
Gender & Islam
Middle East & North Africa
Research Interests: 20th Century, Criticism, Feminist Theory, Comp Lit, and Arabic

Current projects: biography of Nazira Zayn al-Din

Arab cultural studies

Areas of Interest:

Arab world

Keywords:

Arab culture • Islam • gender

Curriculum Vitae
Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Basima Shaheen  
  • Anna Levett  
  • Louis Yako  
  • • Yaqeen Fouad  
  • Yasmine Khayyat  
  • SherAli Tareen “Arabic Literature, Religion and Innovation” 2009 MA  
Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Cooke, M, Introduction, Journal of Middle East Women'S Studies, vol. 18 no. 1 (March, 2022), pp. 147-149 [doi]
  2. Cooke, M, The Daughter of Isis at Duke University, Journal of Middle East Women'S Studies, vol. 18 no. 1 (March, 2022), pp. 150-155 [doi]
  3. Cooke, M, Nazira Zeineddine: a jovem e os xeiques, Sociologias, vol. 24 no. 61 (January, 2022), pp. 116-139 [doi]
  4. Cooke, M, Novel Traces of the Qur'an?, Novel a Forum on Fiction, vol. 54 no. 3 (November, 2021), pp. 467-469, Duke University Press [doi]
  5. Cooke, M, Intelligent souls? Feminist orientalism in eighteenth-century English literature, Journal of Middle East Women'S Studies, vol. 17 no. 2 (July, 2021), pp. 271-273 [doi]


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