Miriam Cooke
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Miriam Cooke is an American born, British trained academic in Middle Eastern/Arab world studies. She focuses on modern Arabic literature, and connecting women's narratives of war stories to a critical reassessment of their role in the public sphere.
She is a professor of modern Arabic literature
and culture at Duke University
. She received her doctorate from the St Antony's College, Oxford
in 1980. She is the author of several books, including "Yahya Haqqi: the Anatomy of an Egyptian Intellectual", War's Other Voices: Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War, "Women and the War Story", "Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism through Literature", "Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official" and a novel entitled "Hayati, My Life". She co-edited Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing.
She describes herself as an advocate of "Islamic feminism
" and asserts that "Islamic feminists are declaring that [...] Islam
is the ideal just society, but that social justice entails equality for all, including women."http://www.duke.edu/web/muslimnets/mcw_bio/ She encourages interpreting the Qur'an in a "very woman friendly-way."
She is a professor of modern Arabic literature
Arabic literature
Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....
and culture at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. She received her doctorate from the St Antony's College, Oxford
St Antony's College, Oxford
St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.St Antony's is the most international of the seven all-graduate colleges of the University of Oxford, specialising in international relations, economics, politics, and history of particular parts of the...
in 1980. She is the author of several books, including "Yahya Haqqi: the Anatomy of an Egyptian Intellectual", War's Other Voices: Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War, "Women and the War Story", "Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism through Literature", "Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official" and a novel entitled "Hayati, My Life". She co-edited Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing.
She describes herself as an advocate of "Islamic feminism
Islamic feminism
Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam. It aims for the full equality of all Muslims, regardless of gender, in public and private life. Islamic feminists advocate women's rights, gender equality, and social justice grounded in an Islamic framework...
" and asserts that "Islamic feminists are declaring that [...] Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
is the ideal just society, but that social justice entails equality for all, including women."http://www.duke.edu/web/muslimnets/mcw_bio/ She encourages interpreting the Qur'an in a "very woman friendly-way."