Rights of Muslim Women: Islam and Tradition
March 2005 - U.S. Federation for
Middle East Peace (“UFMEP”) hosted an interactive panel discussion titled “The
Rights of Muslim Women: Islam and
Tradition” as part of the 49
th session on the Commission on the
Status of Women (“CSW”). The event was moderated by UFMEP President, Mrs. Salwa
Kader, and focused on the roles and rights of Muslim women under Islam. The
event was organized to further one of UFMEP’s core objectives to involve women
in the process of conflict resolution and elevate their status in societies all
around the world. Speakers included Ms. Safiyya Srkin, member of International
Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, Ms. Mona Mikhail, professor
of Arabic Literature and Women’s Studies at New York University and Ms. Nahid
Mozaffari, editor of the
PEN Anthology of
Contemporary Persian Literature, author of the book
Strange Times, My Dear and professor of Middle Eastern history at
the New School in New York and Cabot University in Rome.