Lecture on Women’s Unveiling and Modesty in Egypt by Nermin Allam

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, and Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) present

The Veiling and Unveiling Lecture Series: Lecture 2

Women’s Unveiling and Modesty in Egypt

Presenter: Nermin Allam

Moderator & Discussant: Dr. Homa Hoodfar

Nermin Allam is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Rutgers University-Newark. She is the author of Women and the Egyptian Revolution: Engagement and Activism during the 2011 Arab Uprisings. Her research focuses on gender politics and social movements in the Middle East and North Africa. Allam’s work has appeared in PS: Political Science & Politics, Mobilization, Politics & Gender, Social Research: An International Quarterly, Middle East Law and Governance, and Sociology of Islam, among other journals.