Dr. AlAnoud Al Sharekh. Researcher. Academic. Author. Women’s Rights Activist.
Presently, Research Associate, The Chatham House and ‘The Arab Gulf Institute, Washington
Activity :
- Founding Member – Abolish 153 (aka) Abolish Article 153
- Founding Member – Mudhawi’s List
- Director – Ibtkar Strategic Consulting
Awards:
- First Kuwaiti Woman to receive France’s ‘Ordre National du Merite’ (National Order of Merit)
- Listed among BBC’s 100 Women of 2019
- Arab Prize – Best Publication in a Foreign Journal (2013-2014) by The Doha Institute (2014)
- Voices of Success Kuwait Award (2018)
Education:
- BA – Bachelor’s Degree – English, Kings College, London (1996)
- MA – Masters Degree – Applied Linguistics and English-Arabic Language and Translation – School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
- Ph.D – Doctorate – Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Literature and Feminism
Books:
- Challenging Limitations: The Redefinition of Rules for Women in the GCC (2005)
- Angry Words Softly Spoken: A Comparitive Study of English and Arabic Women Writers (2006)
- The Gulf Family : Kinship Policies and Modernity (2007)
- Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States (2008)
http://www.alanoudalsharekh.com
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