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Motherhood, Infertility, And Femininity In Fadia Faqir’S Pillars Of Salt, Fozia Sheikh, Munejah Khan

Journal of International Women's Studies

In the patriarchal tradition of the Arab world, women are often treated as commodities, and their autonomy and choices are disregarded. Family honour is tied to women’s virginity, leading to strict control over their desires and sexuality (Khan 3). Moreover, women are confined to roles as biological and cultural procreators, reinforcing a narrow understanding of femininity (Chouiten and Khireddine 40) and tightly weaving womanhood with motherhood. This essay examines Fadia Faqir’s novel Pillars of Salt (1996) by using a feminist framework, particularly Adrienne Rich’s theory of motherhood. The narrative reveals the brutal realities faced by Arab women, particularly those incapable …

The ‘Art’ Of (Re)Production: Understanding Motherhood Beyond Biological Destiny, Pratyusha Pramanik, Ajit K. Mishra

Journal of International Women's Studies

This article examines how the technological intervention of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)has had a profound impact on the sociocultural practices surrounding motherhood in India. The experience of motherhood has now been divided among different individuals: the genetic mother, the gestational mother, and the social mother. This expansion of motherhood roles has led to the re-emergence of co-mothering practices, where a child is nurtured by someone other than the birth mother. As nuclear heteronormative families became the norm in India, traditional co-mothering by grandmothers and aunts went out of practice. With rising infertility and the rearrangement of familial structures through single …

Age-Related Infertility And Reproductive Tourism In Annarita Briganti’S Novel Non Chiedermi Come Sei Nata, María Reyes Ferrer

Journal of International Women's Studies

Traditional socio-cultural constructions of womanhood have often focused on women’s reproductive capacity, which has determined their destiny and shaped their identity over centuries. Given the long-time equation of motherhood and women’s identity, infertility is an important topic that raises question about how women experience infertility and how science, through advances in assisted reproduction, has intervened in the creation of life. In the European context, Italy has one of the lowest birth rates, a phenomenon attributable to a series of adverse structural conditions. In particular, precarious work conditions, insufficient wage levels, and a high cost of living represent significant obstacles to …

(De)Constructing Desperation: The Dargah Of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar As A Site Of Emotional Wellbeing For Infertile Women, Shahida Shahida

Journal of International Women's Studies

Infertility is a health issue that requires serious consideration due to its impact on the social, emotional, and economic wellbeing of the affected individual. Despite the development of assisted reproductive technology (ART) that has successfully enabled conception, these methods are not universally accessible to all women. There can be many roadblocks in an individual’s journey that go beyond medical domains. Studies have indicated that, when paired with medical treatment, spiritual healing practices and religious interventions can have a positive effect on the emotional health of those struggling to conceive. This study employs a narrative approach to document the lived experiences …

Introduction To The Special Issue: Reproductive Justice Across Disciplines And Demographics, Priyanka Tripathi, Laura Lazzari

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

"Getting Something To Eat In Jackson: The Labor Of Feeding The Family", Joseph Ewoodzie Dr.

Black American Awareness Committee

Feeding oneself is labor. It is quotidian labor, and that labor is racialized and gendered--food scholars have long established this. My work adds to this conversation by exploring the socio-economic circumstances under which differently classed contemporary Black Southerners take on this labor. I share stories and insights of my time in kitchens, grocery stores, soup kitchens, and fine dining restaurants with Mississippians as they feed themselves.

This presentation was sponsored by the Black American Awareness Committee. Funding was provided by SAFAC.

“These Are Not Ordinary Criminals!” The First War Crimes Trial At The People's Tribunal And Its Implications In Post-Holocaust Romania, Stefan Cristian Ionescu

History Faculty Articles and Research

This article examines the neglected war crimes trials of Holocaust perpetrators that took place at the People's Tribunal in early postwar Romania, focusing especially on the first trial (the “Macici group”). The article shows that in spite of the political interferences by the new pro-communist regime and the USSR, the Macici group trial in particular, and the first war crimes trials in general, were not Stalinist show trials or fake trials and they sentenced real war criminals and accurately captured Romania's participation in the Holocaust. Unlike the Antonescu group trial – that indicted the former pro-Nazi dictator and his closest …

Rocky Bucano, Mark Naison

Oral Histories

Abstract by Serena Vasquez

Interviewer: Mark Naison, Stephanie Robinson-Ramirez, Ryan Purcell

Interviewee: Rocky Bucano

Rocky Bucano, founder of the Hip-Hop Museum, a longtime music producer, and an administrator for the Gauchos AAU basketball program, as well as having worked in television, multimedia, artist management, DJing, promotion, radio, and marketing grew up in the Valley. Born in the US, Bucano’s father, Ernesto, was a merchant seaman from Panama who worked on steamships as a stoker, and his mother, Dorothy, was a high press operator in the fashion district from Saint Kitts. Bucano describes the monumental occurrence of when his family moved …

Kujegi Camara, Mark Naison

Oral Histories

Summary by Eliza Anderson.

Kujegi Camara is a lifelong Bronx resident and Assistant Director for Engagement and Operations at Fordham’s Center for Community Engaged Learning. She attended high school at Manhattan Center for Science and Math in East Harlem and received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.

Camara was born in 1994 to Gambian parents who immigrated to the Bronx in the late ‘80s. Growing up on 176th and Walton Avenue, Camara lived with her large extended family and would cook meals with her mother and aunts. The neighborhood had many Senegambian immigrants, and the Mount Hope Masjid that she …

Raising Worshippers: Cultivating A Life Of Praise, Angela Perigo, Jeremy Perigo

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"One of the best things we can do for children in worship is to model what it means to be a worshiping community—especially on Sunday mornings, but also in other areas of life."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­faith formation in families from In All Things, an online hub that offers insight into maintaining and faithful and orthodox Reformed Christian worldview while fearlessly engaging in every aspect of contemporary life – until all is made new.

Raising Worshippers

Newe Shalom And Tarum: Two Intermediate Bronze Age Sites In The Judaean Shephelah, Benyamin Storchan

Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel

Two salvage excavations were conducted at Newe Shalom and Tarum in the Judean Shephelah. The excavations revealed architectural remains indicating the existence of two settlements dating to the Intermediate Bronze Age. At Newe Shalom, a complete multiroom structure was uncovered. The absence of additional architectural remains in the vicinity indicates that it functioned as an isolated structure. At Tarum, the remains of a single structure were uncovered. These structures share common characteristics and fit well within the general architectural, ceramic and flint repertoire of the Intermediate Bronze Age in the region.

The Politics Of U.S. Religious Freedom And The War On Gaza, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Phd

Department of Religion Events

It is not possible to understand what is happening in Gaza, or in the US, without understanding the religious politics of American support for Israel. This lecture delves into the swirling mixture of religion, history, and politics that shape relations between these two states. The structure of that relationship also shapes what it means to be religiously free in the US today. Whose religion is free? And whose is defined as heresy, terrorism, or anti-Americanism? At a moment in which US-Israeli relations have come under unprecedented strain and scrutiny, it is helpful to approach this relationship from outside the demands …

Religious Moral Suasion And Material Support For The Environmental Justice Movement, Sarah Elizabeth Nahar

International Journal on Responsibility

The Environmental Justice (EJ) movement in the United States is comprised of diverse groups of people with a variety of environmental grievances and interests coming together to obtain equal distribution of pollution burdens across communities, reduce environmental hazards, and ensure fair enforcement of laws and policies meant to safeguard the environment for all. The 17 Principles of Environmental Justice developed in 1991 at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit remains a touchstone document today. In addition to Indigenous and Black leadership, religious communities also made the Summit possible. Religious adherents and institutions have always influenced the movement …

2024-2025 Junior Recital - Caroline Dratnal (Piano), Caroline Dratnal

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2024-2025 Junior Recital - Caroline Dratnal (Piano), Caroline Dratnal

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Marginalized, Secularized, And Popularized? The Prevalence And Patterns Of Paranormal Belief In The United Kingdom, Tom Clark, Joseph O. Baker, Christoper D. Bader

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

There is growing recognition of the prevalence of paranormal beliefs in Western countries. However, most of this interest has been focused on the United States and robust, comparative data remain limited. This study extends this literature to report findings from a national survey of the United Kingdom designed to assess the prevalence and patterns of paranormal beliefs. Although there are many similarities to previous research, the results also suggest that there are significant differences in the scope, clustering, and patterns of paranormalism across contexts. The study makes four contributions to research on the paranormal by a) reiterating the continuing popularity …

Mac Brandt, Double Bass, February 10, 2025 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Student Senate Meeting Minutes February 10, 2025, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for February 10, 2025.

2024-2025 The Twenty-Second Annual Scholarship Fund Concert At Aberdeen Golf & Country Club, Boca Train Jazz, Miguelangel Garcia Marquez, Julian Rauh, Aidan Quintana, Jeremiah Grace, Joseph Muhl

Friends of the Conservatory Events

No abstract provided.

02.10.2025 Ored Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

Community Engagement Recognition

Casar Public Lecture: Will Trump End The Ukraine War?, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar

Performances, Events, and Presentations

Trump wants to become the world’s Peace Maker, the Master of the Art of Making Deals. He promised to end this war in 24 hours. Yet the real question is whether Putin wants to end the war, or whether he is ready for a deal ? If so, then what kind of a deal? Could it be that Putin might have a different deal in mind than the deal Trump is willing to offer?? So what happens then??? The lecture deliberated about the possible answers to this very question from several perspectives, analyzing the impact on Egypt, the region & …

Elizabeth Katherine Pryor Jackson

African American Funeral Programs

Elizabeth_Katherine_Pryor_Jackson.pdf - Funeral program for Elizabeth Katherine Pryor Jackson

Larry Rakeen Parks

African American Funeral Programs

Larry_-Raheen-_Parks.pdf - Obituary for Larry Rakeen Parks

Reflections On Cover Songs: Replies To Polite, P.D. Magnus

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

Brandon Polite poses a number of interesting criticisms of my account of cover versions. Some I am happy to acknowledge and take on board, but with others I feel he goes too far. I take this chance to clarify and extend my account.

Isu String Project Honors Recital: February 9, 2025, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

February 9, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

1:00 p.m.

Decaris Carr

African American Funeral Programs

Dacaris_Carr.pdf - Funeral program for Decaris Carr

Mrs. Annette Marie Carr

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Comentarios At-Todo, Rodolfo Blank

Ayudas para sermones

COMENTARIOS AT-todo

Comentario Año C, Rodolfo Blank

Ayudas para sermones

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Comentario Año A, Rodolfo Blank

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