[Peace] CF:CIMIC Seminar:Feminism(s) and Islam:A Cross-Cultural Perspective:Why Feminism is Controversial?-Ms. Z Salime

[Irfan Ahmad]

"In The Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful"CIMIC WEEKLY SEMINAR


Feminism(s) and Islam: 

A Cross-Cultural Perspective: 

Why Feminism is Controversial? 

                               


 

 

Zakia Salime 


Dept of Sociology, UIUC   8:15-9:30 PM @ CIMICFriday, May 9, InshaAllahALL INVITEDRefreshments ServedBabysitting provided=====================================================Central Illinois Masjid and Islamic Center (CIMIC)106 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana,(Parking entrance through Busey St.)Ph. (217) 344-1555 email: cimic at prairienet.orgFor CIMIC Weekly Seminar Schedule 2001-02http://cimic.prairienet.org/seminars.html-------------------------------------------------------CIMIC Weekly & Special Seminars Subcommittee: WSC:cimic at prairienet.org-------------------------------------------------------==============================================================================================================================


Zakia Salime is a doctoral student and a Rita and Arnold Goodman Fellow in the 

Dept. of Sociology, with a concentration in Gender Relations in International Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is from Morocco. She has a Master's in Sociology (1985) from the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, 

France and a Bachelor's in Sociology (1981) from the 

University Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco. She has held a 

teaching position at the Training Institute for Teachers in Morocco 

from 1985-1999 and has served on a variety of policy committees for the 

Moroccan government. She also founded a local non-governmental 

organization in Morocco called "Women's Space" which focuses on 

improving poor women's skills in microcredit and their access to market 

funds. She has received several grants to attend United Nations 

conferences as well as scholarships and fellowships for academic studies. She is a member of the African Network for the Economic Empowerment of Women under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. She is also president of ESPOD Association for Promoting Women's Micro-Enterprises and a member of Mediterranean Women's Creativity.


Ms. Salime's research involves issues such as women's health and fertility

women's business enterprises, and youth attitudes on women's 

participation in politics and violence against women. 

She is well published and also has chapters forthcoming in books to be 

published by Routledge and Indiana University Press.


Ms. Salime's current thesis research challenges the 

simplistic formulations of the relationships between various 

feminisms and religions in the Arab world. She plans to analyze 

the political participation and public discourse of women's groups in 

Morocco and their influence on the state's policy toward 

implementing women's rights.  

Ms. Salime can be reached at:  salime at uiuc.edu

 



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