Women, Language, and Power in Morocco

Fatima Sadiqi is well known to readers of The View from Fez as Director General of the Fes Festival of Sacred Music. However she has another life as a Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies. For those lucky enough to be near Syracuse University there is a chance to hear her speak on Women, Language and Power in Morocco.

Fatima Sadiqi has written extensively on Moroccan languages and Moroccan women’s issues. She founded the Centre for Studies and Research on Women at the University of Fes. She is currently President and Founder of the ISIS Center for Women and Development and is Editor-in-Chief of Languages and Linguistics. Her books include Women, Gender, and Language in Morocco (2003), Migration and Gender in Morocco (2008), and Women as Agents of Change in the Middle East and North Africa (forthcoming Routledge, 2009). Professor Sadiqi serves on the editorial board of the journal Gender and Language.

DETAILS

Fatima Sadiqi
Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies
Director General of the Fes Festival of Scared Music.
www.fatimasadiqi.on.ma
Thursday, October 2nd at 5pm
Peter Graham Commons, E.S. Bird Library
Syracuse University



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