Center for Middle Eastern Studies NEWS LETTER

No.28 The University of Texas at Austin Fall 2001/Spnng2002

Response to Events of September 11

ported responses received by the Cen- ter shortly after the events took place. Kamran Ali, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Carel Bertram, Lec- turer in Islamic Art History at the Center, and Khaled Mattawa, Assis- tant Professor in English (Creative Writing), along with two other pro- fessors, participated in a panel discus- sion and public forum sponsored by the University of Texas Humanities Institute titled "Lrtemational Perspec- tives on September lL and the Current Crisis" on November 6,2007, which was attended by approximately 250 people. The goal of the event was to offer interested central Texans infor- mation aboutthe perspectives of other Students and faculty discuss issues relating to Islam at the conference on Presenting & Re-presenting Islam communities around the globe on re- cent events. J nd i viduals associated with the Cen- Americnn-Støtesmøn (a complete list is Iter for Middle Eastem Studies con- on file at Center). Reporters, profes- Kamran Bokhari, MA Candidate tinue to respond publicly and privately sors, high school teachers, and average in MES, spoke to 40 employees of to the horrific events of September 11 citizens called the Center looking for SupportKids about the Middle East and their aftermath in a variety of information about Islam, and over time, and the events of September 11 on ways. In accordance with the part of the political and historical background October 8,200I as part of a sensitivity its mission to educate the American of the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well training and cultural awareness pro- public about the Middle East, the Cen- as a host of other issues. gIam. ter and its faculty sponsored lectures, Many professors sought to use Mounira (Maya) Charrad, Assis- symposia, short courses, roundtable these events as opportunities for en- tant Professor of Sociology, in an im- discussions, conferences and inter- gaging students and colleagues in and mediate response to the events of Sep- views. Approxirnately 20,000 people out of class with the issues raised by tember 11, asked students to observe a were reached through lectures and the changing situation. Responses minute of silence and to be aware that conferences alone; adding the num- ranged from the intensely personal- whatever their own emotions and ber reached through interviews contributing funds to various relief opinions, it was necessary to respect printed in newspapers or held on ra- agencies and offering words of sup- all opinions, to realize that achieving dio or TV programs, that sum is easily port to concemed international stu- peace in the world has to begin with in the hundreds of thousands. A few dents-to the very public-marching achieving peace in the classroom. She representative media where inter- in demonstrations and speaking or suggested that these events, whatever views were given include the Associ- writing on relevant issues. they ultimately meant and whatever ated Press, local affiliates of NBC and The Center asked faculty and staff issues were raised, would likely re- ABC, National Public Radio (NPR), to report back how they personally main with them for the rest of their the Christian Science Monitor,lhe Søn responded, and here, in alphabetical lives. Antonio Express-Nerus and the Austin order, are some of the early self-re- continued on next page continued frotn page 1, Clement Henry, Professor in Gov- Esther Raizen Assistant Professor ernment, spoke onWednesday, Octo- of Middle EasternLanguages and Cul- John Downing, John T. Jones, Jr. ber 24,2001 at St. Mary's University tures, gave a talk at a meeting of Hillel, Centennial Professor in Communica- Peace Comrnission in San Antonio on Hadassah, and the UT Jewish Women tion, on September l2was in a gradu- the current situation and prospects Faculty on November 1. The topic was ate video-conferenced course with his for peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict. "The Aftermath of the September 11 own class, a class in the Instituto Hillary Hutchinson, Executive Events from the Perspective of an Is- Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico, and Assistant, on September 20, partici- raeli." a class at the Université de Quebec in pated in a discussion with the Austin Christopher Rose, Outreach Co- Montreal. The prior agenda was re- Area Inter-religious Ministries on dif- ordinator, was frequently called upon placedinfavor of a spontaneous three- ferences and similarities among Mus- in the days following September 11, way discussion. About ten days later, lims, Christians, and Sikhs. 2001-. On September 14, he spoke to ten he was one of five panelists in a Col- S. Akbar Hydar, Assistant Pro- teachers at Hutto Middle Schoof Hutto, lege of Communication serninar on fessor of Asian Studies, prepared a TX about September 11 events. A fea- the crisis. Having published a lengtþ second surruner session 2002 course ture he wrote, "Horrific Acts not True journal article analyzing Soviet news entitled, "Afghanistan: Religiory His- to the Faith of Islam" appeared on the media coverage of the war in the late tory, and Politics" intended to ad- op-ed page of the Austin Americøn- eighties Afghanistan, Dr. Downing dress the increased interest inAfghani- Støtesmøn (September 16). On Septem- contributed some thoughts from that stan post-September 11. ber L8, he spoke to 25 students in the perspective. On the panel, he read ex- Akel Kahera, Assistant Professor College of Education and was a guest cerpts from a widely internet-circu- of Middle Eastem Languages and Cul- on Jay Trachtenburg's community call- lated letter from an Afghani-Ameri- tures, and Sulafa Abou Samra, Cen- in show on KUT radio. On September can writer living in San Francisco and ter Outreach Assistant, along with 27, he spoke to the student body and another from a prominent Pakistani several other local Muslims, partici- faculty at St. Andrew's Upper School, Muslim commentator. Along with a pated in a two-and-one-half-hour Austin. On September 26,he partici- number of acadernic and graduate stu- rormdtable discussion sponsored by pated in a panel discussion on "War in dent colleagues, Dr. Downing co- the Middle East" sponsored by Sigma the Austín Atner ican- S t qtes t nn andLed signed a letter to President Faulkner, by religion writer Kim Sue Lia Perkes; Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor Frater- indicating their distance from the the result of this discussion was a nity) with about 100 students and 5 President's harshly worded attack in lengthy and well received feature in faculty in attendance. On September tJ¡re Houston Chronicle, that was later the "Life and Arts" section on Sep- 28, he spoke to 40 employees of Ambion reprinted inThe Daily Texan, on Pro- tember 23, 2001.. Sulafa and Keith Inc. as part of sensitivity training and fessor Robert Jensen's (Department of Walters, Associate Director of the cultural awareness program. On Octo- ]ournalism) public expression of his Center and Associate Professor of Lin- ber 2, he spoke to 40 students and viewpoint. guistics, were members of a panel for faculty at School of Social Work. On Saba Ghori, graduate student in the Texas Department of Health on October 10,he participated intwo panel the joint MES/LBJ program/ helped October 17, 2007 on understanding discussions (along with representatives organize a panel at the LBJ School of Islam, which some 125 employees at- from the Islamic Center of San Anto- Public Affairs entitled "Racial and Eth- tended. nio) about Islam and the Middle East and nic Issues Post September 11." to dis- Abraham Marcus, Center Direc- for 100 reporters, editors, staff of t}ne San Antonio Express-News and an- cuss the ramifications of these events tor, and Clement Henry, Professor in questions about accuracy and for Arab Americans, other ethnic mi- Government, participated in two dis- swered sensitivity needs in reporting. On Oc- norities, and immigrants. Discussants cussions with the Liberal Arts Plan II lober 25, he spoke to 100 members of included Kamran Aghaie, Assistant students on September 19 and Octo- the West Austin Rotary Club. On No- Professor of Middle Eastern Lan- ber 1,2001 onthe events of September at guages and Cultures, State Represen- 11. Panelists tried to help students vember 6, he spoke to 300 attendees Hillary tative Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin), and understand the root causes of the dis- UT-QUEST program. With a discussion Arthur Sakamoto, Associate Profes- affection felt by many Middle East- Hutchinson, he led book 28 on Karen sor of Sociology and Asian Studies. erners toward the United States. group on November Dr. Aghaie noted that racial profiling Armstrong's Islam: A Short History. Annes McCann-Baker prepared is an example of groups taking advan- Karen Wilkins, Associate Profes- alistof twelve suitable scholarlybooks tage of a generalbelief that heightened sor RTF, with assistance from her col- for tJre Austin American-Støtesmøn as a security is necessary, and Dr. Sakamoto league John Downing organized a one- added that it "serves a psychological reading list to help the public under- day workshop in the College of Com- need [for] people that something is stand the issues involved in the events munication on teaching controversial being done." of September 11. continued onbøck pøge Publications Duskby Rashid al-Daif and They Die Palmer Auditorium on October 13. S tr øn ger sby Mohammad Abdul-Wali, Thalks to graduate students from the is the Center's tale of a childhood in Center and volunteers from the Mus- Mecca,The Shelt er e d Quar t er,byHamza lim Students' Association (MSA), the Bogary, in reprint. Plønning the F ømily larger-than-expected crowd of 3,500 in Egypt: New Bodies, New Selaesby attendees was able to participate in Kamran Ali, the Center's newbookin hands-on crafts and traditional cloth- its Modern Middle East Series, willbe ing demonstrations. out in August. All books are available The events of September LL cre- through the University of Texas Press ated. a surge in demand for resources, website: . with faculty and staff. By the end of May, I 0 Y,'û graduate students and outreach staff had spoken to nearly 3,000 K-12 students and teachers throughout Central Texas and as far away as the New Orleans, La. Events on campus were arranged in conjunction with the College of Education, the School of Law, the College of Liberal Arts, -fh" University of Texas Press has the LBJ School Public Affatus, I recently published three works of and the School of SocialWork. The Center also pertaining to the Middle East by mem- provided speakers to numerous com- bers of the University faculty. They are munify and religious groups through- Mo d er n H eb r era In t er m e di øt e S tu dent s : for out the area. The Center's internet A Mul time di a P r o gr ømby Esther Raizery project, the Middle East Network In- Transløting the Gørden by M. R. formation Center (UT-MEMC), expe- Ghanoonparv ar, andD econstr u cting the rienced a four-fold increase in use af- Americøn Mosque: Spøce, Gender, ønd ter September 11, and a Aesthetics by Akel Kahera. special page with links to resources about the trag- Mo der n Hebr ew Int er me di øt e S tu- for edy and its aftermath was set up. dents, a sequel to Modern Hebrew for The outreach program conducted Beginners, is a combination of text and a two-day workshop and field trip on workbook designed to be used with Outreach News world religions on February 21.-22, web-based materials. Dr. Raizen is 2002 whic]i.2S teachers attended. This Assistant Professor of Middle Eastem he Center's oubreachprograrn was event was co-sponsored by other area Languages and Cultures and Director f busy during the late summer and studies Centers on the UT campus. of the Modern Hebrew Project. I fall of 2001. Following the successful Part of the experience was a full-day Trønsløting the Gørden allows the completion of the surnmer teachers' field trip to differentplaces of worship reader to follow the author in the pro- workshop, "World Cultures through in the Austin area, including a Hindu cess of translating Shahrokh Meskub's the Arts," the Center, in conjunction temple, a Buddhist shrine, a Christian Dialo gue in the G ør den fromPersianinto with the three other Title Vl-funded Orthodox monastery, and an Islamic English, focusing on the many deci- National Resource Centers on cam- mosque. The Outreach Program orga- sions a translator must make. Dr. pus, launched a public relations cam- nized another teacher's workshop for Ghanoonp arvar is Professor of Persian paign. The four outreach coordinators June 4-7,2002 entitled, "On War and and Comparative Literature. began meeting jointly with represen- Peace." The focus of this workshop D e constr u ctin g the Am er i c øn Mo s q u e tatives from school districts around was how to teach about conflict in the explores the plurality of aesthetics Central Texas to develop a long-range pre-college classroom. This event was found in this country's collection of plan for educational outreach, includ- again co-sponsored by the other area mosques, which also reflects the ing assisting with materials acquisi- studies Centers on campus, and in- heterogeneity of the Americal Mus1im tions, participating in new textbook cluded a film festival with award win- community. Dr. Kahera is Assistant selectiorç and fostering a closer link to ning titles from around the world, Professor of Islamic Studies in Middle school districts throughout the state. such as the now-farnous Køndahar, Eastern Languages and Cultures. Outreach staff participated in the filmed in Iran in 2001, about a women Available also at UT Press, along Austin Children's Museum's Interna- searching for her sister in Ta-liban-con- with the Center's newbooksPassøge to tional Children's Festival, held at trolled Afghanistan. New Faculty at the Center fessor in the Department of Anthropol- future, with no regard for such stabil- ogy at the University of Rochester in ity as remains in Pakistani social life. New York Írorn 1995-2001. Between 1999 and the present, Dr. Ali has also been the Research Co-Director for the Project on Tourism, The Mediterra- nean Program, Robert Schuman Cen- ter, European University Ûrstitute (Flo- rence, Italy), where he has organized three workshops in the last two years on tourism in the southern Mediterra- nean. Another area of research for Dr. Ali is the history of the labor move- ment in Pakistan, and he was co-orga- rizer oÍ an international workshop on "Labor and Trade Union Politics" held in Karachi, Pakistan on December 23- 26, 1999. Additional research issues I that interest Dr. Ali include gender, political economy, and post-colonial- ism. T-lr. Kamran Asdar Alijoined the I¡r addition to his research, Dr. Ali l) Department of An thropology has recently also provided political and the Center for Middle Eastern commentary ("Pakistan's Dilemma") Studies in fall 2001. He graduated in the form of Press Informøtion Notes A ssistant Professor Dr. Samer from John Hopkins University with publishedby the Middle East Research ll vtufray Ali joined the Depart- his PhD in1997, and his revised doc- and Information Report on September ment of Middle Eastern Languages toral dissertation will be published 19 ,200L. A longer version of the same and Cultures in the fall 2001. Previ- this summer by the University of article was published on September ously a Fellow of The Working Group Texas Press as Plønning The Fømily in 30'h in lhe Austin Americøn-Støtesmøn. on Modernity and Islam at the Insti- Egypt: New Bodies, New Selaes. T},:.e As he states, "the mass displacement tute for Advanced Study in Berlin, book argues that development initia- of the Afghan populatiory the destruc- Germany, he also taught Arabic litera- tives in general and family plaming tion of their homes and villages and ture at the Free University there. He in particular, seen in the wider con- the loss of 1.5 million Afghan lives finished his doctoral degree at Indiana text of capital expansion and accumu- during that country's long civil war University, Bloomington, in August lation in the late twentieth century, has somehow been erased from the 2001, underthe supervisionof Suzanne help train and produce new bodies consciousness of the Western media." Stetkevychin the Department of Near and selves. Family planning pro- The terrorist attack of September 11, Eastern Languages and Cultures. grams do not just reduce the nurnber 2001, brought these issues back to the While pursuing his doctoral degree, of children and regulate reproduc- forefront of public consciousness. he worked as both a Proficiency Tester tion. They also introduce or foster Without any clearly defined US policy in Arabic and as Editorial Assistant notions of individual choice and re- in the early 1990s to develop Afghani- for the Journøl of Arøbic Liternture.Dr. sponsibility, risk aversion, and per- stal economically, the Pakistanis sup- Ali's research interests include classi- sonal independence. In short, they ported the Taliban as a way of creat- cal Arabic poetry, Islamic kingship, help construct a new kind of individu- ing a stable goverrunent on its West- and women court poets as well as ality guided by the legal rights of citi- ern border, which could also serve as ethno-poetics andfolklore. His disser- zens rather than by communitarian a conduit for gas and oil from the land- tation, Ardor for Memory: Mythicizing and familial control. The fieldwork for locked Central Asian states to Paki- the Pøtricide of øI-Mutøwøkkil in Court this project was conducted in stani ports. Irr addition, Ali argues that P oetry, dealtwith the oralperformance Sharqiya and in Cairo, Eg¡>tbetween by accepting U.S. demands in ex- of poetry in Abbasid society. He used October 1992 and March 1994, with change for fresh promises of interna- methods from anthropology and folk- support from the Population Council tional largesse, the Pakistani military lore to examine the function of public and the Department of Anthropology might be saving itself from the wrath delivery in promoting cultural at Johns Hopkins University. of a US-led coalition. In the process/ memory. He was able to conduct his Before joining the University of however, the regime appears willing dissertation research with the support Texas, Dr. Ali was an Assistant Pro- to plunge Pakistan into an uncharted of a Fulbright-Hays doctoral research grant, which allowed him to visit ar- a political refugee n1979. He lived in chives in Egypt, Spain, and Germany. the South for many years, finishing The archival work yielded Arabic high school in Louisiana and complet- manuscript descriptions of literary sa- ing bachelor's degrees in Political Sci- lons in the Middle Ages. ence and Economics at the University In Fall 2000, he gave a paper at of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He went MESA entitled "Gatherings ulder the on to earn an MA in English and an Moonlight: A Performance-Centered MFA in creative writing from Indiana Approach to Poetry and History." The University in 7994, where he also paper investigated how poetry perfor- taught creative writing and won an mance in literary salons helped form Academy of American Poets award. In and disseminate historical memory in addition, he has won the Alfred Abbasid society. At this year's MESA Hodder Fellowship at Princeton Uni- meetings, he gave a paper entitled versity, the Pushcart Prize, and the "Identity and Handicap: Praise Poetry Blementhal Award of the North Caro- as Image Making." The paper empha- lina Writers Network for 1998-1999. sized the function of praise poetry in He finished his Ph.D. in Spring 2000 at repairing the public image of men of Duke University. Dr. Mattawa joined state. Dr. ALi hadtwo publications come ssistant Professor Dr. Khaled the University of Texas after serving a out in 2001. The first was "A Verdur- lì^ Muttu*a ioined the Department one-year term as a Visiting Professor ous Encomium for a Murderous Pa- of English in the creative writing pro- at Denison University in Ohio. tron: Contradiction and Mythology in gram in the Fall2000 and the CMES Below is a reprint of one of his al-Buhturi al-Ta'|" inWriters and Rul- faculty in Summer 2001. An Arab poems that examines the topic of American poet whose native language ers: Perspectiues from Abbasid to Søføaid bilinguality: Times and the second was a review of is Arabic, he writes in English. His teaching interests include writing po- "Muhamrnad in the Modern Egyptian Borrowed Tongue Popular Ballad" by Kamal Abdel- etry, translation theory and practice, Malek tn Edebiy at. In 2002, tl:.e Dictio- and postcolonial literature and theory. Maybe I'm a fool nøry of Literøry Biography will publish He is currently working on a new poem holding two threads, his entry on al-Buhturi (d. 897), an called "Genealogy of Fire." one black, one white, influential poet whose art continued Described as both "traditional" waiting for dawn to tell them apart. to attract audiences ten centuries after (partly for his use of the archaic pro- But I'm only practicing his death. noun "thou") and "an original and distinctive voice," Mattawa's work has my religion which In preparation are an article I neither been published in a variety of literary borrowed "Abbasid Islam-Monotheism or nor stole. rnagazittes, including The Kenyon Re- Henotheism? AView from the Court" Maybe I'm a fool aiew, Poetry Eøst, Ploughshøres and Ex- and a book Generosity like God's: The thinking of a better ¿mswer quisite Corpse; it has also appeared in Cultur øl F oundøtions of øn Old Ar øb V ir - than the transplant patient tue. Inthe fail 2001, Dr. Ali offered two nearly one dozen anthologies of who said I'm sorr'¡ new courses entitled "Memory and American poetry. Mattawa is inter- someone had to die. Identity in Ancient Arabia" aÍrd"Loy- ested in the role thatbilingualityplays alty and Rebellion in Arabic Litera- inhispoetryand the role of translation No, I haven't outgrown my tongue. It's a coat ture." In spring 2002,he taught "The in the writing process generally. He your mother gives yor¡ ArabicNovel" and a course devoted to feels that bilguality ought to be inte- crimson or cobalt blue, the Arabian Nights. gral to a composition and not treated as merely a footnote and that transla- satin inside, the collar Dr. Ali is also a board member of wide enough to cover tion needs to be acknowledged as a the Austin chapter of the Arab-Ameri- your whole neck. creative act. Dr. Mattawa has himself can Anti-Discrimination Committee. All winter you wear it translated Arab poets Hatif Janabi, then spring comes Saadi Yousef, and Hassem Shafiq into but never goes. English. Of writing poetry, Dr. That's Arabic to me. Mattawa says thatthe most important I wear a white shirt now- task is to find the "exact" word or the thin gray stripes, "exact language" to express an idea. top button gone* A native of Llbya, he was origi- and it fits. nally admitted to the United States as Faculty and Staff News Slyomovics, eds., University of Penn- Virginia Howell, the accountant sylvania Press). In November 2001, she for the Center for Middle Eastern Stud- ina Berman, formet Associate spoke on "Challenging Stereotypes: ies since February 7997,was recognized Director of the Center and Asso- Women's Rights inTr.rnisia" atthe Texas for her outstanding service at a lun- ciate Professor in the Department of Conference for Women in Austin. In cheon on May 29,2002 given by the Germanic Studies, left UT in the sum- August 2001, she presented "Gender, Dean of Liberal Arts, Richard Lariviere. mer 2001 for Ohio State University, Power, and Islamic Law: Identifying Virgini a received a pl a que recognizing where she is Associate Professor in the Linkages in Postcolonial Tunisia, Alge- her enormous contributions to the Cen- Department of Germanic Languages ria andMorocco" at the alnual meeting ter, a cash award of $3,000 and a dinner and Literatures. She hadbeen teaching of the American Sociological Associa- certificate for two at The University of at the University of Texas since 1994. tion,inAnaheim,CA. Texas Club. We wish her well in her new position Diana K. Davis, Assistant Profes- and thankher for herhard work at the sorin Geography, willbe offering a new Center, where she served as Graduate course in Spring 2002 entitled "Politi- Advisor before becoming Associate cal Ecology in the Global South." The Director. course focused on political ecology as Carel Bertram, Lecturer inArtHis- an approach to studying environmen- tory in the Center for Middle Eastern tal change and degradation. Studies, leaves for San Francisco State Robert and Elizabeth Fernea con- University where she becomes a mem- tinue to jointly teach a continuing edu- ber of the Humanities Facultyas of fall cation seminar with regularly sched- 2002. Carelbrought zest and knowl- uled classes for older adults through edge to the Study of Islamic art history, SAGE (Seminars for Adult Growth and and willbe much missed after her three Enrichment). The course is called "The years with the Center. Middle East Today." The first year it Dr. Bertram also has has three ar- was offered, it drew 65 students; the ticles forthcoming in 2002: "The Politics second year,58 students; this year, 120 of Architectural Language in students enrolled. Bosnia," CENT RO P A,w ithDij ana Alic; Clement Henry, Professor of Gov- "Buraq, Muhammed's Mount on His ernment, and Robert Springborg re- Virginia Howell receives Liberal Arts Award to Heaven," tnThe Encyclope- ]ourney cently published Globalization and the diø of Isløm and the Muslim World, Carol Adjunct Associate P olitics of D ea elopment in the Middle E ns t Justus, (Macmillan "The Professor in Classics, continues tobe in- Reference USA); and (Cambridge University Press). It was Imagi- volved with the administration of a Ottoman House in the Turkish releasedinthe UnitedKingdominSep- nation: the grant from the Diebold Foundation f or Monumentalizing Quotid- tember and in the United States in Oc- ian," Y eniT ürkiy e D er gisi P r oj ect T urk, a $1 1,000 for the development of anlndo- tober. Dr. Henry's recent academic pre- research sup- European Documentation Center. In 2O-volume summary sentations include "Habib Bourguiba: of of the 2001, she published a journal volume, ported by Ministry Culture La trace et l'héritage," Department of Republic of Turkey, Turkish Historical "On Language Grouping and Archae- Political Science, IJniversity of Aix-en- ology" General Linguistics 37 (Pegasus Society. Provence III and "Commercial Banking (Maya) Assis- Press) and a book chapter, "Flittite" in Mounira Charrad, Systems: The Neglected Variable in has just the Inter continentøl D ictionary S eries, tant Professor of Sociology, Political and Economic Development" Mary Ritchie, ed., which includes an published Støtes nnd Women's Rights: and "Islamic Financial Movements: P online hypertext lexical implementa- The Making of ostcoloniøIT unisia, Alge- Midwives of Political Change in the ria, and Morocco (University of Califor- tion. She also recently published two Middle East?" both with Dr. Catherine Press). The book explains differ- articles, "WordOrderandtheFirstPer- nia Boone (Government) for a panel on to women's son Imperative" in Støbility, Variøtion ences in policies relating "Ideas, Movements, and States: Theo- and Chøn ge ofWor d- Or der P øtterns T hne rights in the three countries by retical Perspectives on Islam and Poli- them within the dis- (Rosanna Sornicola, Erich Poppe, & contextualizing tics" at the American Political Science strate gies of each Ariel Shisha-Halevy, eds., tinct nation-building Association meeting in August, 2001. John a Benjamins) and "English'have' : cor.rntry. This bookwon $10,000 Rob- Professor Henry received research (see re- 'heave', anArchaic Paradigm," in a vol- ert W. Hamilton Award prize funds from AIMS (American Institute on next Her article, ume edited by Valerij DemJankov & lated article page). for Maghrib Studies) for his work on "State and Genderinthe M aghrlb," ap- "The Structural Adjustment of the TatianaYanko. pearedin Wo men øndP ower in the Middle Commerical Banking Systems of the Deborah Kapchan, Associate Pro- East, (Suad ]oseph and Susan Maghrib." fessor in Anthropology, has received a three-summer Fulbright-Hays grant to in November 2001. The book is part of a interviewed by reporters and film crit- study zøj øl,Morocc¿mpoetry in dialect. multi-media program which includes ics of Mexicannewspapers andmaga- Dan Laufer, lecturer in business, Mo dern Hebr an for Be ginner s and an ac- zines, including, Reþrmn, Excélior and has been cited in The Middle East Re- companying Website . Rai- cluded Canal22,Canalll, Cita Con La October 2001 for his Israel course zen's Foreign Language Teachers' Tml- Cultura, Radio Centro, and Antena Ra- website as an fessor jane Lippmann from the French three press conferences in conjunction important source of information for re- and Italian department and supported with the festival. This eventwas orga- searchers and practitioners on the topic by a FASTTe< award and a Liberal Arts nized and sponsored by Cineteca of the business environment in Israel. Instructional Technology Services Nacional and the Israeli Embassy in He has also recently accepted a job as award, is now also available on the Web MexicoCity.

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Mifflin) and tlne G ørlønd Ency clop e din of Smithsonian Institution Press) and California Press, won the prize for best World Music: The Middle East "Registrazioni proto-stor iche" tn S t or i ø book. The Hamilton Book Awards, (Routledge). della S cienza, Ency clop edie Itnlianø sponsored by the University Co-op, Lisa Patterson, Administrative As- (Rome). Her book How Writing Came recognizes outstanding works by aca- sistant for the Center for Middle East- øbout is now available on the web at dernics at the University. Forty-seven ern Studies, gavebirth to ahealthyboy, (part authors from across the campus were IanMarcus Patterson (IMP) onApril 23, of the University of Texas eBook collec- nominated this year. 2002. Mother and child are doing well, tion), where it can be read online. Dr. Professor Charrad said of the and Lisa returned to workpart-time on Schmandt-Besserat is beginning a aw ard, "This kind of recognition takes June3rd. phased retirement program at UT, and us out of theboundaries of our own dis- EstherRaizen, Assistant Professor willbeteachingonlypart-time as of the cipline to make us feel part of the rich of Middle Eastern Languages and Cul- fa]-l'2002. and stimulating intellectual commu- tures, has a new book, Modern Hebreut Yaron Shemer, Lecture in Middle nity of UT." Herbook, focusing on the for Intermediate Students, for which she Eastern Languages and Cultures, was development of states, considers why was awarded aUniversity Cooperative keynote speaker last August for "La women's rights were expanded in Tu- Society Subvention Grant. It was pub- Semana de Cine Israelí"(AWeek of Is- nisia, but not in Algeria or Morocco. lished by the University of Texas Press raeli Cinema) in Mexico City. He was continued onbøck page Middle East Studies Association Held November 17-20,2001 f,/ amran Aghaie presented a pa- -Ñ,p", entitlãd "ñlåshm and Euro- pean Perspectives on the Crusades." Samer Ali gave a paper entitled "Identity and Handicap: Praise Poet- ry as Image-Making." Mounira (Maya) Charrad pre- sented apapff entitled "Structure and Agency: Towards a Theoretical Framework on State Formation in Tunisia" at a panel on the nation and its representation in North Africa. Elizabeth Femea chaired a panel on "Strategies of Women's Mobiliza- tion in the 20th Century" and partici- pated in a Roundtable discussion called "Forces of Contemporary Elizabeth Fernea with Mentoring Award from 2001 MESA meeting. Change inEgypt." Jl lizabeth Warnock Fernea, known and was then shown again at the Uni- Robert Fernea was honored at a l-, as BI tocolleagues and Êriends, was versity of Texas on January 29, 2002 to reception sponsored by the Center presented with the 2001 MESA an audience of approximately 150. It and the University of Texas Press for Mentoring Award. Established in 1996, will be shown in Germany in Septem- his 25 years of service as Editor of the the award recognizes the contributions ber at the First World Congress of Modern Middle East Series. of individuals to MESA and the profes- Middle Eastern Studies. The film is a M.R. Ghanoonparvar, professor sion of Middle Eastern Studies. Service portrait of Darb al-Ahmar, the historic in Middle Eastern Languages and is "defined broadly to include work in neighborhood in Cairo thatis currently Cultures, gave a paper on "Kasravi's diverse areas," andinBJ's case, shewas undergoing radical change. Medieval Concept of Pøkdini and His Rational- cited for introducing the Middle East to monuments are being restored and a ist Approach to Religion." students and the generalpublic through massive social and economic project is Clement Henry chaired a panel teaching, writing, translations and film- underway, funded by the Aga Khan "Islamic Capital and Islamist Poli- making. She was also cited forher " ef- Trustfor Culture, to improve the lives tics," where he gave a paper called forts to forge links with Middle Eastern of the people who live daily with the "Islamic Banking and Globalization in scholars." momrments. The film is accompanied the Middle East and North Africa." At MESA, BJ served on the board by a study guide, and aninteractive CD- Deborah Kapchan gave a paper and as president from 1985-86. She was ROM focused on Darb al-Ahmar is in on "Marketing Trance: Music, Mon- a member of the committee to choose Process. ey and the Spirit in Three Moroccan the first awardee for the AlbertHourani Bj graduated fromReed College in Gnøwø." Prize for Best Book in Middle Eastern Portland, Oregon where she received Christopher Rose chaired a pan- Studies, and for many years has been a her undergraduate degree and did el on "Issues in teaching about the member of the Filmfest Committee for graduate work in English at Mount Middle East at the Precollegiate Lev- the annual MESA meetings. Holyoke College. She was awarded an el," where he gave a paper entitled In her long and distinguished ca- honorary LL.D. (Doctor of Letters) by "'When the Mumrnies Ruled Egypt': reer, BJ has written or edited nearly a the State University of New York Presentations and Perceptions of dozenbooks and written and produced System in 1993. She began teaching at Egypt in the Precollegiate Class- seven documentaryfilms. FIer mostre- UT in 1-975, and retired in 2000 as room." centbook, R ememb ering Childho o d in the professor emeritus of English and jonathan Shannon, formerly a Middle Eøst: Memoirs ftom ø Century of Middle Eastern Studies. She continues Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at Change, is a collection of personal to work in the areas of her major the University of Texas at Austin and "growing-up" narratives of 36 different interests: women and the family in the now an Assistant Professor of Anthro- men and womery representing 14 coun- Middle East; literary translation of pology at Hunter College in New tries. Itwillbepublishedinthe fall2002 Middle Eastern literatures; and the Yorþ received the 2001 Malcolm H. with the University of Texas Press. continuing struggle for a workable Kerr Dissertation Award for his irrno- BJ's latest film, LiaingWith the P øst: Palestinian-Israeli peace process. vative work on music in Syria. Historic Cøiro, premiered atMESA2001, Student and Alumni News

/- enieve Abdo, BA 1982, in Gov- regular talks on the Arab-Israeli conflict at Santa Teresa High School, where she \-f e-- e.r t is currently Nieman Fel- teaches history, and is putting together a panel discussion at the high school on the low at Harvard University. Middle East and Islam. Elizabeth N. Bouri, PhD 1993, in Library and Information Science, is working withthe UnitedNations De- Awards and Scholarships velopment Pro gram under whose aus- pices she gave a paper at MESA en- Academic Year FLAS titled "E-Government in the Making. " Afra Al-Mussawir Arabic,2nd-3rd year PhD candidate Dr. Bouri worked at the Center in KimBaker Hebrew,2nd Year MA candidate 1994-L995 and helped to set up the Susan Currie Arabic, Lst year MA candidate MENIC website. HananH. Hammad Persian, 1st year MA candidate Maria Curtis, P}¡.D2002, received Alan Lockett Arabic, 1st year MA candidate research funds from AIMS (American Thomas Maguire Arabic, 1st year PhD candidate Institute for Maghrib Studies) for her Alisa Perkins Arabic,2nd year PhD candidate work on "The Fes Festival of World Rachel Proctor Arabic, Lst year MA candidate Sacred Music." fohn Schaefer Arabic, 4th year PhD candidate Persis Karim, MA in Middle East- Laura Tamayo-Gamborino Hebrew, Lst year PhD candidate ern Studies 1993 and PhD in Com- R. David Walker Arabic, 2nd year MA candidate parative Literature 1999, is an Assis- Ma¡k Westmoreland Arabic,2nd year PhD candidate tant Professor in the Department of English at SanJose State Universityin Summer FLAS California. She was married Septem- Andrea Allen Arabic University of Washingtory Summer Institute ber L6,2001 to Craig Strang in San Nidal Daraiseh Turkish University of Washington, Summer Institute Francisco. WilliamEdmonds Arabic Arabic Language Ûrstitute, Fez, Morocco Roberta Micallef, MA in Middle Teresa Keck Arabic Middlebury College, Vermont Eastern Studies 1990 and PhD in Com- TomMaguire Arabic University of Washington, Srrmmer Institute parative Literature 1997, is now at the Alisa Perkins Arabic Arabic Language Institute, Fez, Morocco University of Utah as an Assistant John Schaefer Arabic Arabic Language Institute, Fez, Morocco Professor of Turkish Languages and Yaron Shemer Arabic University of Washington, Summer Institute Literature and is also currently serv- Bahji Sumpter Turkish Bögaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey ing as the Undergraduate Advisor for the Middle East Center. Michael Penn, MA in Middle Ann Grabhorn Friday Scholarship Eastern Studies (1996), is lecturer in AndreaAllen the University of Kitakyushu inJapan and is engaged in research on Otto- man-Japanese relations. Turkish Studies Scholarship William Rowe, MA in Middle BahjiSumpter Eastern Studies1996, offered a course through the Department of Geogra- Iranian Studies Scholarship phy entitled "Cultural Crossroads in HananH.Hammad Afghanistan and Central Asia" in the spring2002. Marshall Scholarship John Schaefer, PhD candidate, re- fackTannous ceived research funds from AIMS (American Lrstitute for Maghrib Stud- Presidential Management Internship ies) for his work on "Gnawa Musi- Steve Berkowltz,SabaGhori, Sarah Fox Ozkan, Daniel Stein cians and Moroccan World Music." Pamela Stafford, MA in Middle University Continuing Fellowship jrL Eastern Studies 1995, is teaching SaharAziz history at Santa Teresa Fligh Schoolin San Jose, CA. She has been grving Colloquium Series "The Andalusian Music of Algeria: An Conferences Ooeraiew nnd ø Liae Demonstration," a hree major conference were held I s usual, the fall and spring lecture by Yahia Ghoul (April 8, 2002). -{-l,brought a variety of lectures, in spring 2002. They are as fol- films and other events sponsored by "Where Were the Arnb Nationnlists? lows: the Center. Belowis abrief listof titles, Populør Nationalism and Syriø's Greøt presenters, and dates. Reaolt of 1925," a lecture by Michael Diversity in Islam: A Panel Provence (April 1,6, 2002). Discussion On January 24, 2002 faculty "Stories of the Arabinn Nights," per- affliated with the UT Women's Studies formed by storyteller Elida Guardia and the Center for Middle Eastern Bonet (4pri117,2002). Studies sponsored a "teach-in" on the ü',/ "The Films of Rakhsøn Bani-Etemad: A diversity surrounding Muslim women Retrospectiae," a film festival organized from Morocco to Indonesia. { by Mohammad Ghanoonparvar Moderated by Ehzabeth Fernea, the (April 1.5-19,2002). panel included Denise Spellberg on "Gender in the Hadith and Qu'ran;" " T empor ølit ies, Trqnsløtions, and the Mounria Charrad on "Women's Rights ì Writing of Social Histories: The Stories of I in Tunisia;" Kamran Aghaie on Ahmad at-Tayyib and Others," a lecture "Modern Iran-Women in Shi'a (4pri124,2002). by Martina Reiker Muslim Rituals;" Gail Minault on "Muslim Women in South Asia;" "Rethinking the Middle East Field: The Problematic lntegrøtion of Gender Stud- Kamran Ali on "The Self and ies," alecture by Martina Reiker (April Reproductive Choice in Egypt;" and 25,2002). Keith Walters on "Changing Islamic Banafsheh Madaninejad, graduate student Discourse of Gender." Well over 100 in Middle Eastern Studies "Priaøtizøtion by Frønchising: A Cøse people attended this event. "13 Abøn: Actiuism in SouthTehrøn," a Study from Turkey," a lecture by Mehmet E. Karaaslan (April 30, 2002). film by Banafsheh Madaninejad (Oc- Presenting & Re-presenting Islam tober 22,2001). "The Implementøtion of the Hudood Or- In response to the increased inter- est Islam following the September "Ahmød Køsrøoi's Critique of Europism dinance and Its Effect on Women in Pøki- in (Urupugarayi) and Orientølism," alec- stan," alecture by Saba Ghori (May 2, 1L tragedy, the University of Texas ture by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi 2002). provided an opportunity for discus- (November 13,2001). sion of contemporary issues related to Islam. In an effort to provide a deeper "Women in Afghanistan," a lecture by understanding of Islam and Muslims Nooria Noor (November 76,2001). around the world, the conference ad- dressed issues of interest to teachers, " Gender and Dia er sity in Islam, " a p anel students, the generalpublic, and espe- discussion chaired by Elizabeth cially the challenge of teaching about Femea (January 24, 2002). Islam in American public schools. Is- sues on the representation of gender, "Liaing with the Pøst: Historic Cniro," a film by Elizabeth Fernea (January 29, pluralism and diversity, political im- 2002). plications of Islam, and the long-term effect of the terrorist attacks of Sep- "The Chønging (? ) Situation of Women in tember 11were also addressed. A spe- Algeria since IndE endence, " alectarc by cial session for K-12 educators was Fatiha Hamitouche (February 14, held on the firstmorning of the confer- 2002). ence. The conference was made possible "Løpløce des immigrés maghrébiens døns by the generous support of the Dean la société a lecture by Rabia française," of Liberal Arts, and was convened Bekkar (February 22, 2002). jointþ by the Centers for Asian Stud- "Irøn - US Relntions: What's the Prob- ies, Middle Eastern Studies and Rus- Iem?" a lecture by Patrick Gibbons Saba Gohri, graduate student in siary East Europeary and Eurasian (February 25,2002). Middle Eastern Studies and Public Affairs Studies on M arch27-22, 2002. ln addi- tion to the speakers from the faculty at Visiting Faculty the University of Texas, several speak- ers came from outside organizations (in alphabetical order): Salam al- Marayati, MuslimPublic Affairs Coun- cil, Patrice Brodeur, Connecticut Col- lege, Farad Esack, College of William and Mary, Peter Gottschalk, South- western University, Sohail Hashmi, Mount Holyoke College, Sherman |ackson, The University of Michigan, Kathleen Moore, University of Con- necticut, Shirin Sinnar, Stanford Uni- versity Law School, and Nargis Virani, Washington University (St. Louis). Approximately 500 people attended one or more sessions at this confer- ence.

Afghanistan: Cultural Loss and Re- Th" Center has been privileged to published in 1993 andagalr.tr.lgg7 tn construction I host a Fulbright-Hays scholar Algeria by the Office of Publication at A one-day synnposiumwasheld on from Algeria during the spring 2002 the University of Algiers. She recently Aprll26,2002to focus on the cultural semester. Fatiha Hamitouche received co-authored a new textbook that will upheavals in Afghanistan that have her Masters and PhD in Linguistics at appear in the fall 2002 called accompanied a period of tumultuous Essex University in England. Since Introducing Linguistics: A Student- political change. For millions of Af- then, she has been teaching linguistics Friendly Approach. She also published ghans,the experiences of war, exile, and at the University of Algiers. She came articles on languages in Algeria, in suppression have profoundly altered to UT to do research in sociolinguistics, 1999 tn the Journal of Francophone the possibilities for cultural expression. looking at the field of language varia- Studies, Great Britain, "fuste Apres lø Since the fall of the Talibary Afghani- tion and comparing the American and F r ønce " arad " The Humanistic Appro ach stan has begun to re-define itself as a Algerian contexts . She is working with in Lnnguage Teøching: Discussion of lts nation-state. Five distinguished spe- Keith Walters in this field. During the Applicøtion," published in Dialogue of cialists addressed the issues associated spring semester, she gave talks to fac- Lønguøges, CDELT, Cairo, Egypt in with this changed political landscape. ulty and students on language varia- 7995. The morning session focused on spe- tion in Algeria at the Anthropology l{er research interests include cific cultural forms the changes might departrnent, and lecfures on the chang- sociolinguistic subjects, like language take,witharthistorian Catherine Asher ing status of women in Algeria at the and identity, language and gender, of the University of Minnesota, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, language policy, languages and ethnomusicologist Lorraine Sakata of the Center for Women Studies, and dialects, as well as women's studies, UCLA, and f olklorist Margaret Mills of the Department of Sociology. culture, and various other issues on Ohio State University, all specialists Dr. Hamitouche is co-author of a North Africa. She is currently working who havebeentoAfghanistan and con- textbook entitled S amples ønd Analysis on a textbook on sociolinguistics for ducted researchthere. In the afternoon, of United Støtes Literøture aimed at Algerian University students. Alicia Luckstead described the educa- university students, originally tional activities of RAWA (Revolution- ary Association of Women of Afghani- stan), an NGO working with women and children. Polticial scientist Major Slide Donation Mansour Farhang concluded the pro- Th" Center received a gift of about slides provide detailed photographic ceedings with a discussion of the inter- I 3,000 slides on the Middle East, portraits of numerous historic sites relationships betweenreligiory culture made by Mr. Peter Lillys of San Anto- and monuments, and represent a ma- and U.S. foreignpolicy in CentralAsia. nio. The slides come from the collec- jor addition to the Center's slide col- tion of his late brother William Lillys, lection, which is currently being digr- an art historian and museum curator tized. The Center thanks Mr. Peter who made manyvisit to differentparts Lillys for his kind generosity. wffiffiff'ff of the Middle East over the years The Response to Eztents of September 11 Turkish Perspectives continued from pøge 2 The Newsletter is publishedbythe Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of topics in which Professor Sut of Jhally D ecause of the events of September Texas at Austin. the University of Massachusetts at D t t, th" vted iterranean Crossroads AbrahamMarcus Amherst spoke on teaching about the Program 2002 was cancelled. The pro- Director Palestinian situation in the context of gram was replaced with a two-week S. Keith Walters the crisis. seminar based at Bögaziçi University Associøte Director in Istanbul entitled "Challenges of Sep- Hillarv Hutchinson ExecuÍit¡e Assistant Robert W. Hømilton Autørds tember 11: TurkishPerspectives." Ten continued ftom pøge 7 students were competitively selected Diale Watts Pro ihtction, D esign, Pho t o gr aphs The faculty in Middle Eastern for the program and departed May Studies was well represented among 29'h for this intensive two-week semi- For hformation on the Center, contact us at: the remaining awards. GlennPeers (Art nar accompanied by Professors Abraham Marcus and Keith Walters. The University of Texas at Austin History) wonthe $3,000 HamiltonBook AustiruTexas 78712 Award for Subtle Bodies: Representing Students will have the opportunity to TeI:512471-3887 Angels in Byzøntium, published by the hear a variety of Turkish scholars lec- Fax:512477-7834 University of California Press. Keith ture in English on how the events of [email protected] http:/ /menic.utexas.edu/menic/cmes Walters (Linguistics and Middle East- September 11 changed the Turks'per- ern Studies) won the $3,000 award for spective on themselves, their country, textbooks for Eaery thing's øn Ar gument, and its role in the Muslim world as published by Bedford/St. Martin's well as the larger world community. also chance to Press and coauthored by John J. Students will have a Ruszkiewicz (Rhetoric and Composi- explore the city of IstanbuI, a clty o11.4 tion) and Andrea Lunsford (Stanford million inhabitants and rich in cul- University). tural heritage. Not printed with state funds

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