Middle East Hub
The Middle East Hub is based at the Social Research Center, American University Cairo, Egypt:
Convenor: Hania Sholkamy
Social Research Center
The American University in Cairo
113 Sharia Qasr el Ainin
Cairo
Egypt
Website: http://www.aucegypt.edu/src/
See also: http://pathwaysmiddleeast.wordpress.com/
The Social Research Center conducts and encourages multidisciplinary social science research in Egypt and the Arab region, trains researchers, guides and assists scholars and organizations engaged in social science research in the region.
Team Members:
Mona Ibrahim Ali
Ragui Assad
Mona Bakr (Programme Administration)
Lenka Benova
Heba Gowayed
Kristina Hallez (Communications)
Heba Nassar
Hoda Rashad
Mulki Al Sharmani
Sawsan Sherif
Gunilla Soliman (Programme Administration)
Partners:
Birzeit University, Palestine:
Islah Jad
Penny Johnson
Aitemad Muhanna
Randa Nasser
Elana Romahi (Communications)
Nahda Shehada
Website: http://www.birzeit.edu/
The Women in Memory Forum, Egypt
Website: http://www.wmf.org.eg/
Population Council, Regional Office
Website: http://www.popcouncil.org/me/egypt.html
Research
Despite decades of development, analysis and activism the questions surrounding the pathways women take to realise empowerment and equity are still unanswered, and the research strategy for this region aims to address this. The RPC will mainly work in Egypt and Palestine, and will engage in its activities wider networks of researchers, activists and practitioners in the Arab region using the following four principles to guide them:
- Integration and articulation of activities
- Mutual capacity building
- Create a locally relevant and meaningful literature on women’s empowerment in Arabic and simultaneously develop the ability to critically engage with global debates and policy
- Connect activities to changing realities on the ground
Projects
Qalet el Rawiyah (so said the story teller)
Construction and Deconstruction of the Concept of Empowerment in General and that of Women Empowerment in Particular in the Palestinian Context
Talking Empowerment in Plain Arabic
Between Feminism and Fundamentalism
Female preachers in Gaza
Analysing the Egypt Labour Market Survey
Cash Transfers for Poor Families in Egypt
Family Courts in Egypt: An Exit from Marriage on a Pathway to Empowerment?
Celibacy in Patriarchal Society
The research coordinated by Birzeit University is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs under our Pathways of Women's Empowerment in Countries in Crisis project.
Partners: