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Muslim women
The Intersection of Gender and Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa
Do women experience displacement differently from men? In a compilation of briefs from the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East, the contributing authors — who include scholars from Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Palestine, Tunisia, and Lebanon — explore the experiences of women migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in the context of the Middle East and North Africa.
Kelsey Norman, Ana Martín Gil, Maysa Ayoub April 10, 2023
Women in hijab in a crowd
Women's Grassroots Mobilization in the MENA Region Post-2011
This compilation is based on the “Women’s Grassroots Mobilization in the MENA Region Post-2011” workshops held in Rabat, Morocco and Amman, Jordan in February and March 2020. The following briefs address many facets of women’s mobilization in the second decade of the 2000s. Using detailed case studies of specific countries and movements, the contributing authors — who include scholars and activists from Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Turkey, Palestine, and Jordan — examine which spaces for women’s mobilization have opened and which have closed off.
Kelsey Norman June 28, 2020
Blue stem cell under microscope
Human Embryo Research in the U.S.
The papers in this series examine the ethical, policy and scientific issues that arise in the controversial field of human embryo research.  The reports are part of the grant “Drawing the Line: Assessing and Analyzing the U.S. Rule on Embryo Research from Ethical, Political, and Scientific Perspectives,” which was funded by The Greenwall Foundation. Additional support for the project was provided by the Brocher Foundation and the Baker Institute’s State of Qatar Endowment for International Stem Cell Policy.
Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Ana S. Iltis, Daniel S. Wagner January 23, 2019
Pluralism and Inclusion in the Post-Arab Spring World
Edited by A.Kadir Yildirim The briefs in this collection explore how the Arab Spring process reshaped social, religious, political and economic pluralism. The research aims to shed light on the state of pluralism and to document the extent to which inclusive policies were implemented. This work is part of a two-year project funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on “Building Pluralistic and Inclusive States Post-Arab Spring.”
A.Kadir Yildirim January 14, 2019
Inclusion in Post-2011 Kuwait
Edited by A.Kadir Yildirim Contributors: Daniel L. Tavana, Courtney Freer, Hamad H. Albloshi and Tahani Al Terkait The briefs in this collection examine the countervailing dynamics of pluralism and inclusion in Kuwait since the onset of protests in 2010, paying particular attention to the political, religious, social and gender dynamics in Kuwait. The reports are based on a May 2018 workshop held in Kuwait by the Baker Institute in partnership with the Alsalam Center for Strategic and Developmental Studies. This work is part of a two-year project funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on “Building Pluralistic and Inclusive States Post-Arab Spring.”
A.Kadir Yildirim August 13, 2018