11. Remembering and Making History in Egypt
- Author:
- Vicki Valosik
- Publication Date:
- 04-2015
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
- Abstract:
- Dr. Hoda Elsadda has spent years documenting history—as it has been lived and experienced by women in Egypt—but this time she’s the one making history. Elsadda, a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University and current Carnegie Foundation Centennial Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, served on the “Committee of 50” delegates who wrote the historic 2014 Egyptian constitution.
- Topic:
- Human Rights, History, Women, Constitution, Arab Spring, and Higher Education
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, North America, Egypt, and United States of America