Haifaa Jawad is an
Iraqi Muslim scholar and Honorary Senior Lecturer of theology and religion at the
University of Birmingham
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
.
Biography
Haifaa Jawad received her BA and MA degrees from
Baghdad University
The University of Baghdad (UOB) ( ar, جامعة بغداد ''Jāmi'at Baghdād'') is the largest university in Iraq, tenth largest in the Arab world, and the largest university in the Arab world outside Egypt.
Nomenclature
Both University ...
and her PhD from the
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...
. She has held academic positions at various institutions including
Westhill College
Selly Oak Colleges was a federation of educational facilities which in the 1970s and 1980s was at the forefront of debates about ecumenism - the coming together of Christian churches and the creation of new united churches such as the Church of S ...
(1993-1999),
New England College
New England College (NEC) is a private liberal arts college in Henniker, New Hampshire. As of Fall 2020 New England College's enrollment was 4,327 students (1,776 undergraduate and 2,551 graduate). The college is regionally accredited by the Ne ...
(American University) (1990-1993),
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
and
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...
. Since 2001, she has been a member of the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham.
Works
* The Rights of Women in Islam: An Authentic Approach (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
* Women, Islam, and Resistance in the Arab World (Lynne Rienner, 2013) with Maria Holt
* Muslim Women and Sport (Routledge, 2010) (ed) with Gertrude Pfister and Tansin Benn
[Reviews of ''Muslim Women and Sport'':
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* Al-Busafi, Majid (2012). "Muslim Women and Sport." Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal, vol. 21, no. 1
* Eden, H.B., & Leeger, J. (2012).Journal of Sport History 39(1), 163-164.
* Kwauk, Christina (2011). Feminist Formations Vol. 23, No. 3, Educational Formations (Fall ), pp. 186-188.
]
* Towards Building a British Islam: New Muslims' Perspectives (Continuum, 2011)
See also
*
Zailan Moris
References
External links
Official Web Page at University of Birmingham
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women scholars of Islam
21st-century Muslim theologians
Academics of the University of Birmingham
University of Baghdad alumni
University of Exeter
Muslim scholars of Islamic studies