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Lisa Majaj

University of Cyprus
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    Intersections: Gender, Nation, and Community in Arab Women's Novels
    with Paula W. Sunderman and Therese Saliba
    Syracuse University Press. 2002.
    This rigorously documented collection brings together for the first time original essays by leading authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Palestine. The essays focus on texts available in English translation and explore with great theoretical sophistication the relationship of these authors’ texts to contemporary phenomena of feminism, nationalism, postcolonialism, war, transnationalism, and societal change.
    Feminist Approaches to Philosophy
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    Peace in the Making?
    Radical Philosophy Review 3 (2): 133-140. 2001.
    Written shortly after the signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993, this essay expresses the ambivalent emotions of a Palestinian American who, despite her longing for peace, reconciliation, and an end to bloodshed, realizes with profound sadness that “Oslo” merely legitimizes the Israeli aggression. A true reconciliation, writes Majaj, must safeguard its claim to the future by working through and resolving the past, but the Oslo Accord ignores both the historical origin of the conflict and its all-to…Read more
    Continental Philosophy