Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism
In her new book “Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism” Dr. Elora Shehabuddin presents a unique and engaging history of feminism as a story of colonial and postcolonial interactions between Western and Muslim societies. Dr. Shehabuddin is Professor of Gender and Women’s at University of California-Berkeley.
This event is part of the UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies 2022-2023 lecture series: “Legacies of the Middle Eastern and Muslim Experience of the 20th Century.” Co-sponsored by History Department, Clein Family Initiative on Global History, Carolina Seminar on Transnational and Modern Global History, and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.