Arab Families Working Group
The Arab Families Working Group (AFWG) convenes an international collective of sixteen scholars, activists, and practitioners from universities and research centers whose work focuses on families and youth in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt and their diasporas. AFWG carries out collaborative, comparative, and interdisciplinary research on families and youth in the Arab region. Founded by Suad Joseph in 2001, it mentors students and hosts training workshops and seminars to build capacity for a new generation of scholars; works with NGOs and stakeholders to exchange research findings ; and works to transform its research into policy briefs and papers for NGO’s and policy makers working with Arab families and youth. AFWG translates its relevant works into Arabic to ensure its findings are accessible and of use to local publics. It hosts a website to provide practitioners and the public with a number of resources such as the AFWG Scholars Database, curricular resources including syllabi, a 3,000+ item bibliography of scholarship on Arab families and youth, Arabic translations of AFWG publications, interviews with leading scholars in the form of YouTube clips, and summaries of AFWG conferences and workshops. AFWG is co-hosted at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) and the University of California, Davis (USA) .
Arab Families Working Group Core Group Members
* Lamis Abu Nahleh, Assistant Professor, Teacher and Researcher, Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University.
* Ibrahim Elnur, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Office of African Studies, The American University in Cairo.
* Hoda Elsadda, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cairo University, Chair in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at the University of Manchester.
* Barbara Ibrahim, Founding Director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo.
* Penny Johnson, Research Associate, Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University.
* Islah Jad, Assistant Professor, Director, Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University.
* Suad Joseph, Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of California, Davis.
* Ray Jureidini, Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Migration Studies, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
* Mona Khalaf, Assistant Professor of Economics, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
* Eileen Kuttab, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Birzeit University.
* Jihad Makhoul, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
* Annelies Moors, Professor of Contemporary Muslim Societies at the University of Amsterdam.
* Nadine Naber, Associate Professor, American Culture and Women's Studies, University of Michigan.
* Martina Rieker, Director, Institute for Gender and Women's Studies in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo.
* Omnia El Sharky, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Davis.
* Zeina Zaatari, Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa Programs, The Global Fund for Women.
Publications
* Journal Of Middle East Women's Studies. (Fall 2009). Special Issue War and Transnational Families. 5.3.
* AFWG Volume I, Framings Rethinking Arab Family Projects.
Arab Families Working Group Core Group Members
* Lamis Abu Nahleh, Assistant Professor, Teacher and Researcher, Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University.
* Ibrahim Elnur, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Office of African Studies, The American University in Cairo.
* Hoda Elsadda, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cairo University, Chair in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at the University of Manchester.
* Barbara Ibrahim, Founding Director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo.
* Penny Johnson, Research Associate, Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University.
* Islah Jad, Assistant Professor, Director, Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University.
* Suad Joseph, Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of California, Davis.
* Ray Jureidini, Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Migration Studies, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
* Mona Khalaf, Assistant Professor of Economics, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
* Eileen Kuttab, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Birzeit University.
* Jihad Makhoul, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
* Annelies Moors, Professor of Contemporary Muslim Societies at the University of Amsterdam.
* Nadine Naber, Associate Professor, American Culture and Women's Studies, University of Michigan.
* Martina Rieker, Director, Institute for Gender and Women's Studies in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo.
* Omnia El Sharky, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Davis.
* Zeina Zaatari, Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa Programs, The Global Fund for Women.
Publications
* Journal Of Middle East Women's Studies. (Fall 2009). Special Issue War and Transnational Families. 5.3.
* AFWG Volume I, Framings Rethinking Arab Family Projects.
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