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'''Shereen El Feki''' is a [[Great Britain|British]]-[[Egypt|Egyptian]] journalist and author, most notable for her book ''Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World''. |
'''Shereen El Feki''' is a [[Great Britain|British]]-[[Egypt|Egyptian]] journalist and author, most notable for her book ''Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World''. |
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El Feki was born in Great Britain to a Welsh mother and an Egyptian father. She grew up in [[Canada]], visiting her grandmother in [[Cairo]] on a regular basis. After graduating from the [[University of Toronto]] and obtaining a PhD degree in [[immunology]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], she joined [[The Economist]] as Healthcare Correspondent in 1998. After the 2001 WTC terror attacks, she learned Arabic and started to research the Middle East, in particular, the issues of emancipation and women's sexuality, spending much of her time in [[Egypt]].<ref name="spiegel">{{cite journal|last=Voigt|first=Claudia|date=February 25, 2013|title=1002 Nächte|journal=[[Der Spiegel]]|volume=2013|issue=9|pages=132–133|issn=419070070420209|language=German}}</ref><ref name="ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/shereen-el-feki-my-life-in-media-418388.html|title=Shereen El Feki: My Life in Media|date=October 2, 2006|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref> In 2005, she left the Economist,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/shereen-el-feki-profile-al-jazeera-international/|title=Al Jazeera’s Bridge-builder: Shereen El Feki is host of current affairs show, People and Power|last=Easton|first=Megan|date=Autumn 2006|work=UofTMagazine|publisher=[[University of Toronto]]|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref> and from 2006 to 2008, she hosted weekly shows, [[People & Power]] and The Pulse, on [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera International]].<ref name="ind" /> From 2010 to 2012, she was vice |
El Feki was born in Great Britain to a Welsh mother and an Egyptian father. She grew up in [[Canada]], visiting her grandmother in [[Cairo]] on a regular basis. After graduating from the [[University of Toronto]] and obtaining a PhD degree in [[immunology]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], she joined [[The Economist]] as Healthcare Correspondent in 1998. After the 2001 WTC terror attacks, she learned Arabic and started to research the Middle East, in particular, the issues of emancipation and women's sexuality, spending much of her time in [[Egypt]].<ref name="spiegel">{{cite journal|last=Voigt|first=Claudia|date=February 25, 2013|title=1002 Nächte|journal=[[Der Spiegel]]|volume=2013|issue=9|pages=132–133|issn=419070070420209|language=German}}</ref><ref name="ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/shereen-el-feki-my-life-in-media-418388.html|title=Shereen El Feki: My Life in Media|date=October 2, 2006|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref> In 2005, she left the Economist,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/shereen-el-feki-profile-al-jazeera-international/|title=Al Jazeera’s Bridge-builder: Shereen El Feki is host of current affairs show, People and Power|last=Easton|first=Megan|date=Autumn 2006|work=UofTMagazine|publisher=[[University of Toronto]]|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref> and from 2006 to 2008, she hosted weekly shows, [[People & Power]] and The Pulse, on [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera International]].<ref name="ind" /> From 2010 to 2012, she was vice-chairwoman of the United Nations’ [[Global Commission on H.I.V. and the Law]]. |
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In 2013, El Feki published ''Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World'', which was translated by Thorsten Schmidt into German. The book surveys sexual attitudes of women in Muslim, or more narrowly, Arab world, and presents results of her five years of research. El Feki concludes that the Arab women are close to the changes in their personal life comparable with those introduced in Europe in 1968, and that the changes will develop slowly but would be felt already by the next generation or over two generations.<ref name="spiegel" /> |
In 2013, El Feki published ''Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World'', which was translated by Thorsten Schmidt into German. The book surveys sexual attitudes of women in Muslim, or more narrowly, Arab world, and presents results of her five years of research. El Feki concludes that the Arab women are close to the changes in their personal life comparable with those introduced in Europe in 1968, and that the changes will develop slowly but would be felt already by the next generation or over two generations.<ref name="spiegel" /> |
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Revision as of 11:17, 22 November 2013
Shereen El Feki is a British-Egyptian journalist and author, most notable for her book Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World.
El Feki was born in Great Britain to a Welsh mother and an Egyptian father. She grew up in Canada, visiting her grandmother in Cairo on a regular basis. After graduating from the University of Toronto and obtaining a PhD degree in immunology at the University of Cambridge, she joined The Economist as Healthcare Correspondent in 1998. After the 2001 WTC terror attacks, she learned Arabic and started to research the Middle East, in particular, the issues of emancipation and women's sexuality, spending much of her time in Egypt.[1][2] In 2005, she left the Economist,[3] and from 2006 to 2008, she hosted weekly shows, People & Power and The Pulse, on Al Jazeera International.[2] From 2010 to 2012, she was vice-chairwoman of the United Nations’ Global Commission on H.I.V. and the Law.
In 2013, El Feki published Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, which was translated by Thorsten Schmidt into German. The book surveys sexual attitudes of women in Muslim, or more narrowly, Arab world, and presents results of her five years of research. El Feki concludes that the Arab women are close to the changes in their personal life comparable with those introduced in Europe in 1968, and that the changes will develop slowly but would be felt already by the next generation or over two generations.[1]
References
Notes
- ^ a b Voigt, Claudia (February 25, 2013). "1002 Nächte". Der Spiegel (in German). 2013 (9): 132–133. ISSN 419070070420209.
{{cite journal}}: Check|issn=value (help) - ^ a b "Shereen El Feki: My Life in Media". The Independent. October 2, 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Easton, Megan (Autumn 2006). "Al Jazeera's Bridge-builder: Shereen El Feki is host of current affairs show, People and Power". UofTMagazine. University of Toronto. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
Sources
- El Feki, Shereen (2013). Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World. Pantheon Books.
[[Category:Living People]