Dina M Taha
Biographic Data
| ID | 337742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dina M Taha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dina M |
| FAMILY NAME | Taha |
| SIGNATURE | TAHA D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Doha Institute for Graduate Studies |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-1796-6693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Handbook of Families in the Arab Gulf States: MD Mizanur Rahman, KALTHAM AL-GHANIM, Ziarat Hossain, and SHARIQUE Umar (eds), (Singapore: Springer, 2025), 785 pages; €49.99 hardback; free open-access e…
Why might the Arab Gulf region be vital to contemporary family research, and how can an edited volume on Arab Gulf families expand family studies, advance interdisciplinary inquiry, drive methodolo
Rape Is a Big Word to Describe It”: Reframing Marital Sexual Violence in Muslim Majority Contexts—The Case of Egypt
Based on 13 qualitative interviews with Egyptian women who experienced sexual violence by their husbands, this study examines whether "marital sexual violence" (MSV) better captures perceptions in Muslim-majority communities than terms like "marital rape" or "intimate partner sexual violence." The analysis reveals that while many women acknowledged the violence, they refrained from labeling it as rape, reflecting ongoing debates over terminology.…
A dance of virtue and protection: Femininity and masculinity negotiations in Arab cross-national marriage between Syrian refugee women and Egyptian men
This article examines how gender identities are relationally constructed and strategically negotiated in marriages between Syrian refugee women and Egyptian men in Egypt. Based on in-depth interviews with 33 women and 9 men, the study explores how uprooting, legal precarity, and social asymmetries shape performances of idealized masculinity and femininity. It introduces the concept of negotiated femininities to describe how displaced women naviga…
Sacred Bonds, Silent Pain: Understanding Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Marital Rape in Egypt
Purpose The study aims to highlight women’s perceptions, experiences and coping with marital rape as a taboo phenomenon in Egypt, a central Arab and Muslim-majority country where the legal system does not criminalize marital rape where current domestic violence laws are limited to physical abuse. As the first study to focus on this issue in this specific social and geographic context, it challenges reductionist narratives and fosters a deeper und…
Marriage in displacement: Gendered (self)resettlement strategies of Syrian women in Egypt
Drawing on fieldwork data among Syrian refugee women marrying Egyptian men amid forced migration, I explore how displacement reshapes the meaning and purpose of marriage. Many such unions, often customary or polygamous, provoke comparisons to forced marriage and gender-based violence. Bypassing the reductive exploitation and static narratives, I ask: How does displacement alter refugee women's perceptions of marriage's purpose? And can marriage s…
Double immobility: Syrian refugee women navigating the voluntary and forced marriage binary in Egypt
Research on why women, especially racialized women, stay in undesirable relationships is scarce and often misses how intersecting inequalities affect their decisions and the wider range of consent and coercion. Syrian refugee women in Egypt, grappling with not just unwanted marriages but also displacement and uprooting are a case in point. Their limited cultural, social, and legal mobility complicates their decision-making and limits their option…
Marriage economics, bargaining and strategic agency: Egyptian-Syrian intermarriage practices in the context of displacement
Based on forty-eight qualitative interviews with Syrian refugee women and their families, this study explores the dynamics of Syrian-Egyptian marriages formed after displacement. Grounded in acculturation, marriage economics, and social exchange theories, I ask : what role is played by both cultural customs and displacement in dictating the Egyptian-(displaced)Syrian intermarriage trajectories and power dynamics in these unions? And how did Syria…
Like a Tree Without Leaves”: Syrian Refugee Women and the Shifting Meaning of Marriage
There is a growing body of feminist scholarship that highlights aspects of agency and empowerment of the refugee woman, mostly through citing examples of women challenging patriarchy and cultural norms. Extending the latter, I use a decolonizing framework to examine how refugee women strive for autonomy and empowerment through acceptingthose norms and utilizingthem strategically. In doing so, I reveal a more complex relationship between agency an…
Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime
Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime
Refuge 35.1 Print Copy
Real Queer? Sexual orientation and gender identity refugees in the Canadian refugee apparatus
Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime
Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime
Like a Tree Without Leaves”: Syrian Refugee Women and the Shifting Meaning of Marriage
There is a growing body of feminist scholarship that highlights aspects of agency and empowerment of the refugee woman, mostly through citing examples of women challenging patriarchy and cultural norms. Extending the latter, I use a decolonizing framework to examine how refugee women strive for autonomy and empowerment through acceptingthose norms and utilizingthem strategically. In doing so, I reveal a more complex relationship between agency an…
Marriage in displacement: Gendered (self)resettlement strategies of Syrian women in Egypt
Drawing on fieldwork data among Syrian refugee women marrying Egyptian men amid forced migration, I explore how displacement reshapes the meaning and purpose of marriage. Many such unions, often customary or polygamous, provoke comparisons to forced marriage and gender-based violence. Bypassing the reductive exploitation and static narratives, I ask: How does displacement alter refugee women's perceptions of marriage's purpose? And can marriage s…
Sacred Bonds, Silent Pain: Understanding Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Marital Rape in Egypt
Purpose The study aims to highlight women’s perceptions, experiences and coping with marital rape as a taboo phenomenon in Egypt, a central Arab and Muslim-majority country where the legal system does not criminalize marital rape where current domestic violence laws are limited to physical abuse. As the first study to focus on this issue in this specific social and geographic context, it challenges reductionist narratives and fosters a deeper und…
Real Queer? Sexual orientation and gender identity refugees in the Canadian refugee apparatus
Real Queer? Sexual orientation and gender identity refugees in the Canadian refugee apparatus
Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime
Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime
Refuge 35.1 Print Copy
Like a Tree Without Leaves”: Syrian Refugee Women and the Shifting Meaning of Marriage
There is a growing body of feminist scholarship that highlights aspects of agency and empowerment of the refugee woman, mostly through citing examples of women challenging patriarchy and cultural norms. Extending the latter, I use a decolonizing framework to examine how refugee women strive for autonomy and empowerment through acceptingthose norms and utilizingthem strategically. In doing so, I reveal a more complex relationship between agency an…
Marriage economics, bargaining and strategic agency: Egyptian-Syrian intermarriage practices in the context of displacement
Based on forty-eight qualitative interviews with Syrian refugee women and their families, this study explores the dynamics of Syrian-Egyptian marriages formed after displacement. Grounded in acculturation, marriage economics, and social exchange theories, I ask : what role is played by both cultural customs and displacement in dictating the Egyptian-(displaced)Syrian intermarriage trajectories and power dynamics in these unions? And how did Syria…
A dance of virtue and protection: Femininity and masculinity negotiations in Arab cross-national marriage between Syrian refugee women and Egyptian men
This article examines how gender identities are relationally constructed and strategically negotiated in marriages between Syrian refugee women and Egyptian men in Egypt. Based on in-depth interviews with 33 women and 9 men, the study explores how uprooting, legal precarity, and social asymmetries shape performances of idealized masculinity and femininity. It introduces the concept of negotiated femininities to describe how displaced women naviga…
Sacred Bonds, Silent Pain: Understanding Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Marital Rape in Egypt
Purpose The study aims to highlight women’s perceptions, experiences and coping with marital rape as a taboo phenomenon in Egypt, a central Arab and Muslim-majority country where the legal system does not criminalize marital rape where current domestic violence laws are limited to physical abuse. As the first study to focus on this issue in this specific social and geographic context, it challenges reductionist narratives and fosters a deeper und…
Marriage in displacement: Gendered (self)resettlement strategies of Syrian women in Egypt
Drawing on fieldwork data among Syrian refugee women marrying Egyptian men amid forced migration, I explore how displacement reshapes the meaning and purpose of marriage. Many such unions, often customary or polygamous, provoke comparisons to forced marriage and gender-based violence. Bypassing the reductive exploitation and static narratives, I ask: How does displacement alter refugee women's perceptions of marriage's purpose? And can marriage s…
Double immobility: Syrian refugee women navigating the voluntary and forced marriage binary in Egypt
Research on why women, especially racialized women, stay in undesirable relationships is scarce and often misses how intersecting inequalities affect their decisions and the wider range of consent and coercion. Syrian refugee women in Egypt, grappling with not just unwanted marriages but also displacement and uprooting are a case in point. Their limited cultural, social, and legal mobility complicates their decision-making and limits their option…
Handbook of Families in the Arab Gulf States: MD Mizanur Rahman, KALTHAM AL-GHANIM, Ziarat Hossain, and SHARIQUE Umar (eds), (Singapore: Springer, 2025), 785 pages; €49.99 hardback; free open-access e…
Why might the Arab Gulf region be vital to contemporary family research, and how can an edited volume on Arab Gulf families expand family studies, advance interdisciplinary inquiry, drive methodolo
Rape Is a Big Word to Describe It”: Reframing Marital Sexual Violence in Muslim Majority Contexts—The Case of Egypt
Based on 13 qualitative interviews with Egyptian women who experienced sexual violence by their husbands, this study examines whether "marital sexual violence" (MSV) better captures perceptions in Muslim-majority communities than terms like "marital rape" or "intimate partner sexual violence." The analysis reveals that while many women acknowledged the violence, they refrained from labeling it as rape, reflecting ongoing debates over terminology.…
Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Refugee (5 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (3 works)