Calendar

Session	Topic	Readings	Key Dates
1	Introduction: Gender, Identity, and Islamic Societies	"Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East Through Voice and Experience," by Gocek and Balaghi
2	Gender and Historical Context	"Gender, Tradition, and History," by Cole "The Transitional Age," by Ahmed Film: The Battle of Algiers	First Short Essay Assigned
3	Religious Tradition and the Construction of Gender	"The Wife of the Prophet Adam in the Qur'an," by Stowasser "Tradition of Misogyny," by Mernissi	First Short Essay Due
4	Hermeneutics, Culture and the Construction of Gender	"Believing Women" in Islam, by Barlas, pp. 31-89 (Introduction optional)
5	Hermeneutics, Culture and the Construction of Gender, Continued	"Believing Women," by Barlas, pp. 129-210
6	The Phenomenon of the Hijab (Veil)	"The Hijab: How a Curtain Became and Insitution and a Cultural Symbol," by Stowasser "Wearing the Hijab in Contemporary Morocco: Choice and Identity," by Hessini Film: Muslims and America	Second Short Essay Assigned
7	Discourse of the Hijab: Negotiating Cultures of War	"The Discourse of the Veil," by Ahmed "Myths and Realities of the Harem," by Pierce "Arab Women, Arab Wars," by Cooke	Second Short Essay Due
8	Reading Women's Memoirs and Life Stories: Feminist Consciousness in the Modern Middle East	Selections from Opening the Gates "Islamic Feminism," by Badran, from Hermeneutics and Honor (ed. Afsaruddin)
9	The Egyptian Women's Movement: Rise of Women's Activism	Begin reading Harem Years, by Shaarawi	Midterm Exam
10	Oral Presentations Begin	Harem Years, by Shaarawi	Oral Presentation Guidelines Oral Presentation Schedule
11	Oral Presentations	Memoirs of a Woman Doctor, by Sadaawi
12	Oral Presentations	Dreams of Tresspass, by Mernissi
13	Oral Presentations	The Year of the Elephant, by Abouzeid
14	Oral Presentations	The Story of Zahra, by Al-Shaykh
15	Oral Presentations	A Balcony over the Fakihani, by Badr
16			Final Exam Due

Citation: Afsaruddin, A. (2007, February 12). Calendar. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/women-in-islamic-societies/calendar.