Nimat Hafez Barazangi is a research fellow at Cornell University. Her
forthcoming book: Woman’s Identity and the Qur’an: A New Reading (The
University Press of Florida, December 2004) was labeled by one of the reviewers
as “the most radical book in the last 14th centuries of Islam”. She edited
Islamic Identity and the Struggle for Justice (University Press of Florida
1996, 2000) translated into Arabic, Dar Al Fikr, 1999) in which she also
contributed “Vicegerncey and Gender Justice, and has published about thirty
articles, essays, and book reviews. Her publications include “Understanding
Muslim Women’s Self-Identity and Resistance to Feminism and Participatory Action
Research” in Traveling Companions: Feminisms, Teaching, and Action Research.
Edited by Mary Brydon-Miller, Patricia Maguire, and Alice McIntyre. Westport,
CT: Praeger (2004), 21-39; “Muslim Women’s Islamic Higher Learning as a Human
Right: Theory and Practice” in Windows of Faith: Muslim Women
Scholar-Activists in North America (Syracuse University Press, 2000); her
Guest Edited Volume of the Journal: Religion and Education, titled,
Taqwa, The Equilibrium: Issues of Islamic Education in the United States,
(Volume 25, Number 1 & 2, Winter 1998), in which she has an article, “The
Equilibrium of Islamic Education: Has Muslim Women’s Education Preserved the
Religion?” (see details in the link to her publications).
Dr. Barazangi has received several awards for her participatory action research,
including the Glock Award from the Department of Education at Cornell University
for her 1988 PhD dissertation; a visiting fellowship from Oxford University; a
scholarship from the International Council for Adult Education; a three-year
serial Fulbright scholarship for Syria; and the United Nations Development
Program 1999 and 2002 fellowships for Syria. She received her BA in philosophy
and sociology from Damascus University, her MA in educational psychology and
early childhood education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her
PhD in curriculum and instruction, Arabic and Islamic studies, and adult and
continuing education from Cornell University.
NIMAT HAFEZ BARAZANGI
PUBLICATIONS
May 2004
Editor. Islamic Identity and the Struggle for Justice. The University Press of Florida (1996)
Arabic Translation Editor.Windows of Faith: Muslim Women’s Scholar-Activists in the North America.
Educational Reform in (1995) Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. John Esposito, Ed.
Religious Education in (1995) Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. John Esposito, Ed.
Guest Editor: Religion and Education. The Equilibrium: Issues of Islamic Education in the United States.
Volume 25, Number 1 & 2. Winter, 1998. Special Review of the Journal appeared in Arabic in Al-Rashad,
[2,6, October, 1998] 75-79; (7, 3, May, 1999) 61-74.
Future of Social Sciences and Humanities in Corporate Universities: Curricula, Exclusions, Inclusions,
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/parfem/workingpaper.htm
On Muslim and Arab Women
Understanding Muslim Women’s Self-Identity and Resistance to Feminism and Participatory
Action Research in Traveling Companions: Feminisms, Teaching, and Action Research. Edited by Mary Brydon-Miller, Patricia Maguire, and Alice McIntyre. Westport, CT: Praeger (2004), 21-39.
Al Huwiyah Al Thatiyah lil Mar’a Al Muslimah (Self Identity of Muslim Woman). In Al Mar’a wa-
Muslim Women’s Islamic Higher Learning as a Human Right: Theory and Practice in Windows of Faith:
Muslim Women’s Scholar-Activists in the North America. Edited by Gisela Webb. Syracuse:
Syracuse University Press (2000), 22-47.
Self-Identity as a Form of Democratization: The Syrian Experience. in Democratization and Women's
University Press (1999), 129-149.
Parents and Youth: Perceiving and Practicing Islam in North America. In Barbara C. and
The Equilibrium of Islamic Education: Has Muslim women’s Education Preserved the Religion?
Muslim Women’s Islamic Higher Learning as a Human Right: The Action Plan. in Muslim Women and
the Politics of Participation: Beijing Platform. Edited by Mahnaz Afkhami and Erika Friedl.
Syracuse University Press (1997), 43-57.
Vicegerency and Gender Justice in Islam In Nimat Hafez Barazangi, M. Raquibuz Zaman, and
Education is the Means to Free Oneself From Shirk (association) a booklet (10 pp.) by the American Trust
Islam and Early Childhood Education: Implication for Women's Education. Al-Ittihad Journal of Islamic
The Position of Women in the Contemporary Muslim World. In Al-Ittihad Journal of Islamic Studies, 13, 1,
On Arabic Computerized Curriculum
Arabic Self-Learning: A Module of A Research-Based Computerized Curriculum in Al-Arabiyya. A
Al Hasub Wa-Tacallum Al Lugha Al cArabiyya li-Ghayr Al-Mukhtasiin Biha Bi-Al Tariqa al
Tawasulliya. With Ghayda Rebdawi & Safa Haddad. Al-Takddom El-Elmi [24, October-December,
1998] 52-59.
Arabic Language Learning: A Module of A Research-Based Computerized Curriculum, in the
Cambridge, England, (17-18 April, 1998), 7.2.1 - 7.2.23.
http://languagecenter.cornell.edu/arabic/selflearn.
Computerized Educational System for Learning: An Application for Arabic Language” (in Arabic:
Nidham Tarbawi Hasubi lil Tacalum) Al-Takddom El-Elmi. Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement
of Sciences (October-December, 1997), No. 20: 44-53.
Using the Internet for Educational and Instructional Purposes (in Arabic: Istcimal al Internet lil Tarbiyah
On Muslim and Arab Education in the West
The Equilibrium in Islamic Education in the US. International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern
Worldview, Meaningful Learning, and Pluralistic Education: The Islamic Perspective.
Particularism and Multi-Cultural Education: Experience of Muslims in the United States. Muslim
North American Muslim Women Speak. NACMW NEWS, 1992, 1, 2: 3 & 5.
Islamic Education in the United States and Canada: Conception and Practice of the Islamic Belief
Parents and Youth: Perceiving and Practicing Islam in North America. In Earle H. Waugh, Sharon
The Education of North American Muslim Parents and Children: Conceptual Change As a Contribution
To Islamization of Education. The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. 1990, 7, 3, 385-402.
Acculturation of North American Arab Muslims: Minority Relations or Worldview Variations.
Arab Muslim Identity Transmission: Parents and Youth. In Arab Studies Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1989,
Developing the Islamic Identity: A Parent Perspective. The Islamic Horizons, July/August, 1988:26-27.
Reflections on Muslim Children's Education, Proceedings of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists,
Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law: Equal Before Allah, Unequal Before Man?
(2000) by Shaheen Sardar Ali (Kluwer Law International, The Hague, pp. 358 pp). for Oxford University Journal of Islamic Studies (pending); Also, in Muslim Democrat, 5, 1, Nov. 2003.
Claiming Our Rights: A Manual for Women’s Human Rights Education in Muslim Societies. (1996) by
Qur'an and Woman (1992) by Amina Wadud-Muhsin. In Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford, England
July, 1994, 324-326.
The Rights of Women in Islam (1992) by Asghar Ali Engineer. In Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford,
Woman’s Identity and the Qur’an: A New Reading. A Monograph to be published by the
“Muslim Women's Education: Between East and West.” in Seth Ward, ed. Women in Islamic and Judaic
“Evaluation Model Of Undergraduate Action Research Course: The Bartels Undergraduate
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