Session Details

Wednesday, 28 December

121. Gender in Arab Shakespeare Appropriations

8:30–9:45 a.m., Hamilton, Washington Hilton

A special session

Presiding: Zahr Said Stauffer, Columbia Law School

1. “Glaring Stare: Ophelia on the Arabic Stage,” Yvette Khoury, King’s Coll. London

2. “Ophelia Was Pushed: Arab Women on the Edge,” Margaret Litvin, Univ. of Chicago

3. “Shakespeare versus Sheherazade: Arab Women Writers and Selective Literary Lineage,” Zahr Said Stauffer

Respondent: Ferial Ghazoul, American Univ. in Cairo

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