Collection Development
Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection

Pre-Islamic Middle East

• The Status of Women in Egyptian Society [Ancient]
• The Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society / Peter A. Piccione

Islamic Era, General & Contemporary

• Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999 / By Radwa Ashour, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-Mekdashi (Google Books)
• Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
• Arab Women by First Name (Biographies) Dubai Women's College
• Scholars and Scholarship on Women and Islamic Cultures - A Study of Ph.D. Dissertations: 1960–2002

• The Status of Woman in Islamic Law (Dr. Jur., Ph.D. Christina Jones)
• Women in Islam
• Muslim Women's League. (Fixed March 7, 1999; fixed 22 July 2001; fixed on November 16, 2003)
• Islam and Women's Rights
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws
• A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (Translated from a Genoese Letter), c. 1550 (Modern History Sourcebook)
• Seljuk and Ottoman Women: Daily Life & Imperial Women
• Seljuk and Ottoman Women: Women and the Arts; Clothing Styles
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Dining With The Sultana, 1718 (Modern History Sourcebook)
• Jarimat al-sharaf ... [Crime of Honor] (al-Hayat, 13 OCt. 2001, p. 17--in Arabic--PDF)
• Jarimat al-sharaf ... ahad aslihat al-damar al-shamil [Crime of Honor: a weappon of mass destruction] (al-Hayat, 13 OCt. 2001, p. 18--in Arabic--PDF)
• Jarimat al-sharaf fi Pakistan [Crime of Honor in Pakistan] (al-Hayat, 13 OCt. 2001, p. 19--in Arabic--PDF)
• Women, Islam & Equality (National Council of Resistance of Iran)
• Women in Islam versus Women in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: The Myth & the Reality (by Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem)
• Arab Woman : Potentials and Prospects (The three articles that follow are reprints of original pieces published by Arab Perspectives in its October, 1980 issue, Vol. 1, No. 7)
• Education of Women in the Arab World / Ayad al-Qazzat
• The Role of Women in Arabic Literature
• Mainstreaming Middle East Gender Research: Promise or Pitfall? / Ruth Roded
• Women in Islam
• «On est "hijab" et "city" à la fois» [France--Founded by two sisters in 2008, the French webzine Hijab and the City has a unique place in the French cultural landscape.]

Afghanistan

• The Williams Afghan Media Project (WAMP)

Algeria

• Definitions of Algerian Women: Citizenship, participation and exclusion (The third Nordic conference on Middle Eastern Studies: Ethnic encounter and culture change Joensuu, Finland, 19-22 June 1995)
• The Image of Women in Algerian and Tunisian Cinema / LEYLA BOUZID
• Women in Colonial Algeria Bibliography and Contacts

Egypt

• Books for women in Egypt
• Images for women in Egypt
• In Egypt, Women Have Burdens but No Privileges (NY Times, Published: July 13, 2010)
• Unfulfilled Promises: Women’s Rights Nemat Guenena and Nadia Wassef
• HarassMap (A system in Egypt for reporting incidences of sexual harassment via SMS messaging. This tool will give women a way to anonymously report incidences of sexual harassment as soon as they happen. By mapping these reports online, the entire system will act as an advocacy, prevention, and response tool, highlighting the severity and pervasiveness of the problem).
• HarassMap (BLOG)

Iran

• Women, Islam & Equality (National Council of Resistance of Iran)
• In Iran, More Women Leaving Nest for University (The New York Times, July 23, 2000)
• Runaway Youths a Thorn in Iran's Chaste Side (NYT,November 5, 2000)
• Love Finds a Way in Iran: 'Temporary Marriage'
• Islam and Women's Equality (by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi)
• "Women and politics in the Islamic republic of Iran"

Israel

• Bat Shalom

Turkey

• The Women's Library and Information Center Foundation "the first and only women related library and archive in Turkey" (Turkish and English)
• Women's library in İstanbul

Feminist periodicals published recently in Turkey :

• Feminist (1987-1990)
• Kaktüs (May 1988-September 1990)
• Pazartesi (March 1995-November 2005)

Misc.

• al-Raidah Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World; Lebanese American University
• The Role of Women in Arabic Literature
• Stop Killing and Stoning Women (SKSW) Publications: Policy Briefing Series I
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Dossiers
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Newsletters
• Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World eJournal
• A STUDY OF BINT AL-SHATI'S EXEGESIS - McGill University
• Gender Perspectives in Islamic Tradition / Omaima Abou Bakr

Middle East & Islamic Studies, http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/

Ali Houissa, The Middle East & Islamic Studies Bibliographer.