Amal Amireh
Biographic Data
| ID | 324149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amal Amireh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amal |
| FAMILY NAME | Amireh |
| SIGNATURE | AMIREH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | a George Mason University , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bad Girls of the Arab World
Explores the new ‘bad girls’ of Sudanese music as they defy national boundaries to bring women’s perspectives and critiques to a global audience. Performers such as Alsarah and Rasha have access to a world music stage to comment upon gender and racial hierarchies, chide Sudanese power brokers about their transgressions, and encourage a more inclusive and just society. Pushback against new voices have included charges in the public domain (e.g. Yo…
Going Global: The Transnational Reception of Third World Women Writers
American Arabesque: Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-Century Imaginary
Activists, Lobbyists, and Suicide Bombers: Lessons from the Palestinian Women’s Movement
This essay offers an overview of the recent history of the Palestinian women’s movement beginning with the first intifada (1988-93), passing through the post-Oslo years, and ending with Al Aqsa Intifada (2000–present) in order to highlight the silences of this movement regarding issues of sexuality, militarization, and religion. Amireh argues that these silences were justified by a hegemonic national prioritization paradigm that evaded dealing wi…
Afterword
In this afterword I engage the essays of this special issue by highlighting the challenges military occupation, racism, and homophobia pose for discussions of queer issues in the Palestine/Israel context and for Palestinian queer activism. I argue that the visibility/invisibility of Palestinian queers in Israeli public discourse is overdetermined by a colonial agenda that seeks to suppress Palestinian national rights. After discussing instances o…
Bearing Witness: The Politics of Form in Etel Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose
But, what are you writing? I'm stammering out a scream.1 In Memory for Forgetfulness, the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish recalls the fate of Khalil Hawi, a prominent Lebanese poet, who, on the se
Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-Visioning Culture
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmal AmirehAmal Amireh is associate professor in the English department, George Mason University
Mernissi, Fatema Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Cambridge MA, Perseus Books, 1994 / Mernissi, Fatema, Sheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems, New York, Washington …
Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politics in Palestinian National Narrative
Research Article| October 01 2003 Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politics in Palestinian National Narrative Amal Amireh Amal Amireh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2003) 102 (4): 747–772. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-102-4-747 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Amal Amireh; Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politi…
Framing Nawal El Saadawi: Arab Feminism in a Transnational World
Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politics in Palestinian National Narrative
Research Article| October 01 2003 Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politics in Palestinian National Narrative Amal Amireh Amal Amireh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2003) 102 (4): 747–772. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-102-4-747 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Amal Amireh; Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politi…
Afterword
In this afterword I engage the essays of this special issue by highlighting the challenges military occupation, racism, and homophobia pose for discussions of queer issues in the Palestine/Israel context and for Palestinian queer activism. I argue that the visibility/invisibility of Palestinian queers in Israeli public discourse is overdetermined by a colonial agenda that seeks to suppress Palestinian national rights. After discussing instances o…
Framing Nawal El Saadawi: Arab Feminism in a Transnational World
Framing Nawal El Saadawi: Arab Feminism in a Transnational World
Mernissi, Fatema Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Cambridge MA, Perseus Books, 1994 / Mernissi, Fatema, Sheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems, New York, Washington …
Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politics in Palestinian National Narrative
Research Article| October 01 2003 Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politics in Palestinian National Narrative Amal Amireh Amal Amireh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2003) 102 (4): 747–772. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-102-4-747 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Amal Amireh; Between Complicity and Subversion: Body Politi…
Bearing Witness: The Politics of Form in Etel Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose
But, what are you writing? I'm stammering out a scream.1 In Memory for Forgetfulness, the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish recalls the fate of Khalil Hawi, a prominent Lebanese poet, who, on the se
Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-Visioning Culture
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmal AmirehAmal Amireh is associate professor in the English department, George Mason University
Afterword
In this afterword I engage the essays of this special issue by highlighting the challenges military occupation, racism, and homophobia pose for discussions of queer issues in the Palestine/Israel context and for Palestinian queer activism. I argue that the visibility/invisibility of Palestinian queers in Israeli public discourse is overdetermined by a colonial agenda that seeks to suppress Palestinian national rights. After discussing instances o…
Activists, Lobbyists, and Suicide Bombers: Lessons from the Palestinian Women’s Movement
This essay offers an overview of the recent history of the Palestinian women’s movement beginning with the first intifada (1988-93), passing through the post-Oslo years, and ending with Al Aqsa Intifada (2000–present) in order to highlight the silences of this movement regarding issues of sexuality, militarization, and religion. Amireh argues that these silences were justified by a hegemonic national prioritization paradigm that evaded dealing wi…
American Arabesque: Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-Century Imaginary
Going Global: The Transnational Reception of Third World Women Writers
Bad Girls of the Arab World
Explores the new ‘bad girls’ of Sudanese music as they defy national boundaries to bring women’s perspectives and critiques to a global audience. Performers such as Alsarah and Rasha have access to a world music stage to comment upon gender and racial hierarchies, chide Sudanese power brokers about their transgressions, and encourage a more inclusive and just society. Pushback against new voices have included charges in the public domain (e.g. Yo…
History (7 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)