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3/03/08
Story by Peggy Graham

Egyptian Scholar Focuses on Women’s Issues

Mounira Soliman OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Mounira Soliman, assistant professor, comparative literature, in the English department, Cairo University, Egypt, will present two lectures at Johnson County Community College as part of its Scholar-in-Residence program:

  • Reading Beyond the Veil: Prominent Women in Islamic History at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in Hudson Auditorium, second floor of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • The Representation of Islam in the Writings of Arab Women from 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Craig Community Auditorium, second floor of the General Education Building. Both lectures are free and open to the public.


Earning a Ph.D. from Cairo University, Soliman examined magic realism in contemporary fictional work by African and African-American writers. Her research interests include American studies, African literature, postcolonial theory and gender studies.  

Soliman was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at New York University in 2005. She has presented widely at national and international conferences and participated in numerous seminars including the Salzburg Seminar, Cambridge Seminar and Dartmouth Institute.

In addition to her academic work, Soliman has served as a consultant on several educational and cultural projects. She was the academic coordinator of the first regional conference on “Developing American Studies” in the Arab Universities, Cairo, by the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt (2004). She co-founded the American Studies Fulbright Alumni Circle and is a member of the Women and Memory Forum (a non-governmental organization for gender studies) and coordinated the rewriting of workshops and storytelling performances of the Gender-Sensitive Fairy Tales project (2000). 

JCCC’s Scholar-in-Residence program is designed to bring visiting scholars to students, faculty and the public. During her visit, she will also be meeting with individual classes and with faculty participants in the Islamic Studies Title VI grant. Soliman’s residency is sponsored by James Leiker, associate professor, history, and Carolyn Kadel, professor and program director, international education. For more information, contact Leiker at 913-469-8500, ext. 3673.

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