Conference
registration is open. To register please click here to download the form, and submit via
email to mayelsallab@wmf.org.eg
and mb@dedi.org.eg
with the subject line “Registration”. For any further inquiries please contact
May El Sallab mayelsallab@wmf.org.eg
Within the
framework of The Women and Memory Forum’s interest in issues of cultural
research in gender and women’s studies, and in keeping with the organization’s
mission of the production of alternative knowledge about women in the Arab
world which would support justice, equal opportunities, and reshaping power
relations within various social structures, WMF in cooperation with The
Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) and The Danish Center for Information
on Gender, Equality and Ethnicity KVINFO will organize a conference on
“Feminism and Islamic Perspectives: New Horizons of Knowledge and Reform,” with
participants from Egypt, the Arab world, and Europe.
The
conference will take place in Cairo, 17-18 March, 2012.
The
conference aims to stir debate on the subject, bring it to the Egyptian and
Arab scene, encourage knowledge production in Arabic language, foster a North
South dialogue as well as regional interaction on the issue, and to exchange
experiences regarding current Muslim women’s issues in both the Arab region and
the European context.
The conference
will produce two books in both Arabic and English languages, with translated
papers. The conference will also create a network of Arab Islamic Feminists and
European Muslims to meet periodically and to dialogue regularly though an
online platform.