Journal of Arabic and World Literature

International Conference on Celebrating Arab Women: Agents of Change and Progress

November 7-8, 2020
Online Conference in Honor of Nawal El Saadawi


Organized by the Journal of Arabic and World Literature published
at Andromeda Publishing and Academic Services (London, UK)

Conference Program

Celebrating Arab Women: Agents of Change and Progress

Online Conference in Honor of Nawal El Saadawi

Schedule Time Zone: London, UK
Conference Program hours are based on London, UK time zone. Please check your timezone and schedule your agenda according to your country.


November 7, 2020
Time (London Time) Name Affiliation Talk Title Talk Video
8:30 – 8:45 am Prof. Kamal Abdel-Malek Chief Editor, Arabic and World Literature Opening Ceremony
8:45-9:40 am Prof. Omnia Amin
(Keynote speaker)
Zayed University, UAE Nawal El Saadawi and Fifty Years of Cultural Revolution
9:40-10:00 am Break
Panel One: Nawal El Saadawi: Crossing the Frontiers and Breaking the Shackles
Chair: Dr. Per Gahrton, Swedish Sociologist and Former Swedish MP and MEP (Greens)
10:00-10:30 am Dr. Per Gahrton Swedish Sociologist and Former Swedish MP and MEP (Greens) Nawal El-Saadawi, Feminist of the Arabs
10:30-11:00 am Prof. Hany Ali Saeed
Mr. Ibrahim Sayed Fawzy (speaker)
Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Fayoum University, Egypt
Aesthetics of Self-Making and Resistance in Nawal El Saadawi's Memoirs from the Women's Prison
11:00-11:30 am Dr. Ishaq Tijani (speaker)
Dr. Imed Nsiri
University of Dubai, UAE
American University of Sharjah, UAE
Literary Radicalism: Layla al-‘Uthman as the Nawal Al-Sa‘dawi of Kuwait
11:30-1:00 pm Lunch
Panel Two: Arab Women and Media Chair: Dr. Maher Bahloul, American University of Sharjah, UAE
1:00-1:30 pm Dr. Wafa Thabet Mezghani University of Sfax and Aix- Marseille, Tunisia Tunisian Female Filmmakers: Cinema as an Action against Silence and Silencing
1:30-2:00 pm Dr. Maher Bahloul
Ms. Amal Bahloul
Ms. Wafaa Bardaa
American University of Sharjah, UAE
Lights, Camera, Learn!
American University of Sharjah, UAE
Empowering Young Arab Women through Filmmaking
2:00-2:30 pm Ms. Hadeel Eltayeb The Media Majlis at Northwestern University in Qatar Impossible Forms
2:30-3:00 pm Dr. Rafika Zahrouni University of Carthage, Tunisia Women in Theater as Actors of Social Change in Tunisia
3:00- 3:30 pm Break
3:30-4:20 pm Prof. miriam cooke
(Keynote speaker)
Duke University, USA Nawal El Saadawi: Activist, Writer, and Physician.

Panel Three: Arab Women and the Challenge of Tropes (Part One)
Chair: Prof. Sanaa Benmessaoud, University of Sharjah, UAE
4:20-4:50 pm Prof. Sanaa Benmessaoud University of Sharjah, UAE Bringing the Female Francophone Writer Back Home: The Case of Assia Djebar
4:50-5:20 pm Ms. Jana Amin Milton Academy, USA Princess Fawzia and the Duality of Egyptian Women
Panel Three: Arab Women and the Challenge of Tropes (Part Two)
Chair: Dr. Araa Al Jaramani, Leiden University, The Netherlands
5:20-5:50 pm Dr. Dilyana Mincheva McMaster University, Canada El Saadawi’s Dissident Feminist Project: Legacy of a Double Struggle for Gender Justice and against Imperialism
5:50-6:20 pm Prof. Nawar Golley American University of Sharjah, UAE My Travels around the World: A Narrative of Freedom, Mobility, and Connection
6:20-6:50 pm Dr. Fadoua Loudiy Slippery Rock University, Pittsburgh, USA Saida Menebhi: A Poetic Discourse on Women's Rights
November 8, 2020
Time (London Time) Name Affiliation Talk Title Talk Video

Panel Four: Narrative as Survival
Chair: Dr. Sandy Hawa, Instructor, Lebanon
8:30-9:00 am Prof. Mohamed Saeed Hasab El Naby MSA University, Egypt الذات الأنثوية المبدعة ديوان "مواويل الشجن" للشاعرة سميرة فرجي نموذجاً
9:00-9:30 am Dr. Shahla Ujayli American University of Madaba, Jordan, دور الحكاية الشخصيّة في صناعة (سرديّة) نسويّة عربيّة
9:30- 10:00 am Dr. Sandy Hawa Instructor, Lebanon
محصّلة أطروحة الدكتوراه
10:00-10:30 am Dr. Araa Al Jaramani Leiden University, The Netherlands
ما رح اسكت، الحراك النسوي السوري في زمن مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي
10:30: 11:am Break
11:00-11:55 am Prof. Francesca Maria Corrao
(Keynote speaker)
LUISS University, Italy The Poetic of Maram al-Masri
Panel Five: Crossing the Frontiers and Breaking the Shackles: Arab Women in Different Contexts (Part 1)
Chair: Ms. Golnaz Heidar Jamshidi, University of Manitoba, Canada
11:55-12:25 pm Ms. Eman .A. S. Hijazi The Islamic University, Palestine A Psycho-Semiotic Analysis of Sahar Khalifeh’s Mudhakkirat Imra’a ghayr Waqi‘iyya
12:25-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-2:30 pm Dr. Leslie Vandeputte
Mrs. Casiana Pascariu
Ms. Karoline Molaeb
American University in the Emirates, UAE
American University in the Emirates, UAE
American University in the Emirates, UAE
A “deviant” choice? Emirati women married to non- Emirati locals: a legal and an anthropological perspective
2:30 – 3:00 pm Dr. Imene Chaabane Bennani University of Sousse, Tunisia Dying a thousand and one times: honor killing and the plight of rebellious Arab women in Emna Rmili’s Water and Embers

Panel Five: Crossing the Frontiers and Breaking the Shackles: Arab Women in Different Contexts (Part 2)
Chair: Ms. Weam Namou, Chaldean Cultural Center, USA
3:00 – 3:30 pm Prof. Nagwa Soliman Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The British University in Egypt Fatma Mernissi’s Double Critique of Arab and Western Views on Women.
3:30- 4:00 pm Ms. Weam Namou Chaldean Cultural Center, USA Preserving Her Story: Legendary Women of Ancient Mesopotamia
4:00 - 4:30 pm Ms. Golnaz Heidar Jamshidi University of Manitoba, Canada Hybrid Diasporic Identities as Cross-border Peacemakers in Morning in Jenin and Land of Dreams
4:30 - 5:00 pm Dr. Wijdan Alsayegh, University of Michigan, USA Arab Women Novelist and Racism: Buthaina Khudr Makki and Zainab Hefni
5:00 - 5:30 pm Prof. Linda Pappas Funsch Middle East and Islamic Studies, Frederick Community College, USA A New Dawn for Women of Oman
Closing Ceremonies and Farewell Prof. Kamal Abdel-Malek
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