Najwa Adra

Biographic Data

ID	142114
NAME	Najwa Adra
GIVEN NAMES	Najwa
FAMILY NAME	Adra
SIGNATURE	ADRA N
AFFILIATIONS	Hofstra University
ORCID	0000-0002-1160-8287
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	39
TOTAL CITATIONS	11
AUTHOR COUNT	39
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2021
H-INDEX	2

Decolonizing Tribal “Genealogies” in the Middle East and North Africa
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEInternational Journal Middle East…2021Cited by: 2References: 4
The continued use of the term “tribe” to describe groups with segmentary organization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has long been recognized as problematic, albeit without viable alternative English translations of the local terms: qabīla , ‘ashīra , sha‘b , ‘ ilt , and others. Yet the equally problematic but enduring uncritical acceptance of genealogical classification of MENA's tribes leads to fundamental misunderstandings of the b…
Tribes in Modern Yemen: An Anthology
Najwa Adra, Paul Dresch et al.BOOKTribes in Modern Yemen2021References: 19
In Yemen, "tribe" is a historically rooted, emic concept of social representation. Rooted in remotest antiquity, over the last centuries the concept of tribe in Yemen has undergone transformations, but also featured aspects of continuity. Today, with the emergence of massive political change, the eruption of popular uprisings, armed conflicts, external military intervention and the associated weakness of the state, tribalism seems to be gaining i…
Mary Strong
Open AccessNajwa Adra, Peter Biella et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2018
Bint al-Wadi'i
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEAnthropology News2016
Tribal Mediation in Yemen and its Implications to Development
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEAAS working papers in social…2010
An international phenomenon that has captured the interest of scholars and international development organizations is a continued tendency to resolve confl ict through indigenous methods rather than in state courts UNDP). In Yemen, as in countries as diverse as Kenya and the Solomon Islands, traditional justice is often perceived as familiar, transparent, and participatory. Its focus is reconciliation rather than punishment Specifi cally in Yemen…
Four Wives—One Man Directed by Nahid Persson
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEVisual Anthropology Review2009
2007 , 76 minutes, color. Produced by Women Make Movies , 462 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013 , http://www.wmm.com Four Wives—One Man is ostensibly about a polygynous family in rural Iran. It opens with two written statements: “The Quran: ‘Marry two, three, or four wives if you can afford [sic] it,’” and “In Iran polygamy is found mainly in rural areas.” These are followed by a spectacular scene of women and children joking and playing on…
Editor's Introduction
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEVisual Anthropology Review2004
The Relevance of Intangible Heritage to Development
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Society for Visual Anthropology and Middle East Section
Open AccessMary Strong, Daniel Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2002
Middle East Section: MES Presents Informative Panel
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2002
Middle East Section: Preparing for the AAA Annual Meeting
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2001
Middle East Section: The Web and the War on Terror
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2001
Middle East Section: Pump up the Volume, Yaa Biddaa I: Political Voices Beyond the Printed Page
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2001
Middle East Section: The Christmas-ization of Ramadan
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2001
Middle East Section: Playing with Words: the Ethnography of Poetic Genres in Yemen
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2001
Middle East Section: The Ethnography of Invisible Spheres
Open AccessEl‐sayed El‐aswad, Daniel Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2001
Middle East Section: Wartime and Postwar Liminalities
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Meeting 2000
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Middle East Panels for the Annual Meeting
Open AccessCarolyn Fluehr‐lobban, Daniel Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Message from the President
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Report on 1999 MES Panel
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Final Meeting Highlights
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Anthropological Research in Yemen
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: The Missing Middle in Middle East Studies
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000
Middle East Section: Muslim Kosovars in Challenging Times
Open AccessDaniel Varisco, Daniel Martin Varisco et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2000

Tournaments of Value: Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1998Cited by: 3
Tournaments of Value: Sociability and Hierarchy in. Yemeni Town. Anne Meneley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. 216 pp
Tribal Dancing and Yemeni Nationalism: Steps to Unity
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLERevue des mondes musulmans et de…1993Cited by: 3
Adra Najwa. Tribal Dancing and Yemeni Nationalism : Steps to Unity. In: Revue du monde musulman et de la Méditerranée, n°67, 1993. Yémen, passé et présent de l'unité, sous la direction de Michel Tuchscherer . pp. 161-170
Decolonizing Tribal “Genealogies” in the Middle East and North Africa
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEInternational Journal Middle East…2021Cited by: 2References: 4
The continued use of the term “tribe” to describe groups with segmentary organization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has long been recognized as problematic, albeit without viable alternative English translations of the local terms: qabīla , ‘ashīra , sha‘b , ‘ ilt , and others. Yet the equally problematic but enduring uncritical acceptance of genealogical classification of MENA's tribes leads to fundamental misunderstandings of the b…
Dance and glance: Visualizing tribal identity in Highland Yemen
Najwa AdraARTICLEVisual Anthropology1998Cited by: 2References: 19
This paper is a study in the ways that esthetic markers—dancing, poetry, clothing, food—underlie, define, and construct conceptions of the tribe in the northern highlands of Yemen. As the rural Yemeni economy has changed from economic and political self‐sufficiency to dependence on the world market and a strong central government, so has the significance of tribalism. Ironically, nationalism is presented by the Yemeni media in tribal terms. While…
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
Open AccessNajwa AdraARTICLEMiddle East Studies Association…1999Cited by: 1
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