As we enter our fourth and final year as editors of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, we look back with pride and forward with continued excitement. We have published a number of thematic article sections, including on Egyptian women writers, militarization and war, gendered and sexual mobilities, everyday intimacies, and borders and margins.
The Third Space section introduced in 2015 has opened a forum for timely initiatives focused on the contemporary challenges faced by autonomous feminist formations in the region (March, July, and November 2015), the implications of the Turkish military coup attempt (March 2017), and feminist reactions to the Trump presidency (November 2017).
Third Space also provides a site for interviews, such as the one published in this issue between Kathryn Medien and Jasbir K. Puar. Art Concept essays by cover artists and editors in Third Space are innovations that, combined with vibrant cover art and...
