... accessible. All are freely available online. The Women and Memory Forum (WMF) brands itself as an “archive of hope.” Hoda Elsadda, cofounder of the WMF and professor of English and comparative literature at Cairo University, spoke on behalf of the project via conference call. In the years after its...

... development, and reform. In different ways proponents of both currents often produce discourses and practices that marginalize and exclude women from public space and cut women off from our cultural roots and organic social characters. WMF researchers and activists address these challenges by analyzing...

... and the roles they have played in Arab societies. Women and Memory Forum (1997-present): The Women and Memory Forum (WMF) had a diff erent history from that of the Lebanese Researchers, but it also shared some of their intellectual concerns. In fact, the members of the two...