Overview
miriam cooke is Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University. She has been a visiting professor in Tunisia, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Alliance of Civilizations Institute in Istanbul. She serves on several international advisory boards, including academic journals and institutions. Since coming to Duke University she has taught Arabic language and a wide variety of courses on Arabic literature, war and gender, the Palestine-Israel conflict, postcolonial theory. She has …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor Emerita of Arab Cultures
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2017 - Present
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emerita of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
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2017 - Present
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Connecting the many threads of Arab feminist political thought
Chapter · May 14, 2024 Full text CiteModern and contemporary Muslim feminist literature: An overview
Chapter · November 20, 2023 CiteThe Daughter of Isis at Duke University
Journal Article Journal of Middle East Women's Studies · March 1, 2022 Full text CiteRecent Grants
Duke-UNC Middle East Studies NRC
Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2010 - 2014View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) ·
1980
Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) ·
1971
M.A.