Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives

Hoda Elsadda is professor of English and comparative literature at Cairo University.Hanan Sabea is associate professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo.

• 1. Introduction by Hoda Elsadda and Hanan SabeaPart One: Times of Change: Redrawing Boundaries of Knowledge, Memory, and History2. Recuperating Women’s Memory as Knowledge: Sudan’s Conflict Zones by Sondra Hale3. Women’s Activism and Contending Narratives of Liberation in South Africa by Noor Nieftagodien4. The Production of Alternative Knowledge: Political Participation of Palestinian Women since the 1930s: A Case Study by Faiha AbdulhadiPart Two: Intersections: Alternative Fields of History5. Memory, Memoir and Oral History by Jean Said Makdisi6. The Novel as a Repository for Oral and Women’s History by Rafif Saidawy7. Palestinian Memory in Light of New Technology: Opportunities and Challenges by Nahawand El Kaderi IssaPart Three: Ethical and Methodological Questions8. Documenting the Oral History of Iraqis in Times of Conflict: Challenges, Ethics, and Standards of Practice by Lucine Taminian9. Testimonio as Methodology: Archiving, Translating, and Theorizing Egyptian Women’s Experiences of Gendered: Violence in the January 25th Revolution by Manal HamzehPart Four: Praxis: Entanglements in Two Projects Documenting Gender and Revolution10. Narrating Gender in Egypt’s Public Sphere: The Archive of Women’s Oral History by Maissan Hassan and Diana Magdy11. University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st-Century Revolution Project by Stephen UrgolaAbout the Contributors