Amira Sonbol
Who Is She
Personal information
Professor of History
Amira Sonbol
Contact information / Private
Languages
Arabic
English
Contact information / Work
Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service - Qatar
Postbox:
PO Box 23689
A 102B LAS Building
Doha
Qatar
Phone:
+974-4457-8293
Education
Ph.D., History, Georgetown University.
MA, Arabic and Islamic Studies, American University in Cairo
Competences
History of Modern Egypt
Islamic History and Law
Women, Gender and Islam
Work history
Jobs:
Professor of History, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service.
Editor-in-Chief, Hawwa: the Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World.
Co-Editor, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations.
Honorary office and memberships:
Member, Board of Directors, Women and Memory Forum
Productions and works:
The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2001.
Women, the Family and Divorce Laws in Islamic History. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996.
The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt: 1800-1922. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1991.
Women of the Jordan: Islam, Labor and Law. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2002.
