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Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim & Dr. Barbara Ibrahim visit to the University of California Davis, Press Release
Monday, February 23, 2004 Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, one of the leading Arab Sociologists, and Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, one of the leading feminist sociologist of the Arab world, will be visiting and giving talks at the University of California, Davis, Monday, February 23, 2004. The husband/wife team are an intellectual powerhouse on Arab societies. Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim is a Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo and an internationally known and respected scholar of political, social, and economic development in the Arab world. He gained additional world attention when he was arrested in 2000 by the Egyptian government for charges that political observers and activists argued were trumped up to silence political dissent in Egypt. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to 7 years of hard labor. After 18 months in Egyptian jails, he was acquitted, in 2003, of all charges following an international outcry by human rights groups and many world governments, including the United States government which threatened cutting aid to Egypt over his unjust imprisonment. Dr. Ibrahim has written about democracy, Islam, civil society, citizenship and is the founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. He has received numerous awards, including the Pagels Award, New York Academy of Sciences; American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholar Award; Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament; International PEN Writers in Distress Award; International Human Rights Award of the Lawyers Committee on Human Rights; the Bette Bao Lord Prize for Writing in the Cause of Freedom and the Middle East Studies Association Academic Freedom Award. He has published over a dozen books and several hundred articles in English and Arabic. Dr. Barbara Ibrahim is Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa of the Population Council in Cairo. She is internationally recognized as a leading scholar on Arab gender and population issues. She has written extensively on women, children, adolescents, reproductive health, family planning, gender dynamics, civil society and development. As Regional Director of the Population Council she has led the Council’s research program in the Arab countries of North Africa and West Asia and in Pakistan, Turkey and Iran and mentored young regional scholars, especially women. Author of numerous books and articles, she received the Life Time Achievement Award of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies.
Dr. Barbara Ibrahim will speak on “Unveiling Stereotypes: Women in Islamic Societies” 12-2pm on Monday, February 23 Larry Andrews Conference room of the Social Science and Humanities Bld., UC Davis (refreshments served). Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim will speak on “Islamic Reformation and the Prospects for Arab Democracy” 4-6pm on Monday, February 23 at the University Club, UC Davis. A public reception for the Ibrahims will follow the talk from 6-7pm on Monday, February 23, at the University Club. UC Davis graduate students are invited to a breakfast with the Ibrahims on Monday, February 23, at 8am. For more information, contact Suad Joseph sjoseph@ucdavis.edu or at 752-1593. Sponsored by: Middle East/South Asia Studies Program; Institute for Government Affairs; Center for History, Society and Culture; International Relations Program; Sociology Department; Religious Studies Program; University Outreach and International Relations; Gender and Global Issues; Anthropology Department; African/African American Studies Program; History Department; UCD Humanities Institute; Asian American Studies Program; Women and Gender Studies Program |