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Dr. Nahda Shehada

Dr. Nahda Shehada

Human Resources and Local Development (SG3)

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Senior Lecturer

 

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Professional experience

Present position
Senior Lecturer
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department Human Resources and Local Development (SG3)
   

Research

ISS: Individual Research SGIII
Role Member
 

Publications

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Article (2)
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Religious Mediation in Place City Palestine. ISIM Review, 18, 34-35.
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Islamic Family Law Contested. Jusletter (weblaw.ch), 1, 18-27.
Book / Monograph / Book editorial (1)
  • Shehada, N. (2010). Women, Judges and the Law (in Arabic). Ramallah: Muwatin Press, Centre for the Study of Democracy & and Centre for Arab Unity Studies.
Part of book - Chapter (14)
  • Shehada, N. (2012). ‘Debating Islamic Family Law in Palestine: Citizenship, Gender and ‘Islamic’ Idioms’. In M. Sharwani (Ed.), Legal Reforms and Women's Empowerment. London: ZED Press.
  • Shehada, N. (2011). Women of the Middle East between 1920 - present. In O. Patterson & J.G. Golson (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. London: SAGE.
  • Shehada, N. (2011). Family life and structure in the Middle East between 1250 and 1920. In O. Patterson & J.G. Golson (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa. London: SAGE.
  • Shehada, N. (2011). The sharia. In J.G. Golson & O. Patterson (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa. London: SAGE.
  • Shehada, N. (2011). Debating islamic family law in Palestine : citizenship, gender and 'islamic' idioms. In M. Sharwani (Ed.), Legal reforms and women's empowerment. London: ZED press.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). Negotiating Custody Rights in Islamic Family Law. In K. Thomas & B. Turner (Eds.), Permutations of Order (pp. 247-262). Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate Publishing.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). The portrayal of Islamic family law in Europe. In E. Conte, R. Heacock & N. Shehada (Eds.), CritiCal researCh in the soCial sCienCes (pp. 9). Birzeit University.
  • Shehada, N. (2008). Negotiating Custody Rights in Islamic Family Law. In Permutations of Order: Religion and Law as Contested Sovereignties (pp. 14). Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate.
  • Shehada, N. & Conte, E. (2008). Equity vs. Predictability? The role of the qadi in the Palestinian Territories. In Revolution islamischen Rechts (pp. 125-144). Zurich: Chronos.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Le paradoxe du mariage proce aza. In Palestine (Revue Études rurales, 173-174) (pp. 153-182). Paris: itions de l'ole des Hautes udes en Sciences.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Justice without Drama: Observations from Gaza City Shari'a Court. In Gender, religion and change in the Middle East : two hundred years of history (pp. 13-29). Oxford: Berg Publishers.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Women's Experience in the Shari'a Court of Gaza City: The Wife's Right to Maintenance. In Norms and Values in Muslim Societies (pp. 201-225). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • Shehada, N. (). Women’s Experience in the Shari’a Court of Gaza City. The Multiple Meanings of Maintenance’,. In Review of Women’s Studies (pp. 57-71).
  • Shehada, N. (). The Palestinian Women’s Movement: New Realities. In On m’appelle à régner (Institute of Development Studies.) (pp. 177-187). Geneva: Old Concerns’, in F. Reysoo and Ch. Verschuur.
Book review (3)
  • Shehada, N. (2009). Book Review of "Between the illusive and the illusionary: donor gender aid agenda in the ME" by Mariz Tadros (review to be published in 2009) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Between the illusive and the illusionary: donor gender aid agenda in the ME" by Mariz Tadros (review to be published in 2009)]. Dev Change.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). Book review of "The Controversy that is Islamic Feminism" (review to appear in 2009) [Bespreking van het boek Book review of "The Controversy that is Islamic Feminism" (review to appear in 2009)]. Journal for Islamic Studies.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). Book Review "Remittances: Symbol of Connection or Disconnection? - Afghan Refugees in the Netherlands and their Family-life with Stay-behinds" [Bespreking van het boek Book Review "Remittances: Symbol of Connection or Disconnection? - Afghan Refugees in the Netherlands and their Family-life with Stay-behinds".]. Gender, Technology and Development, 3.
Report (2)
  • Shehada, N. (2011). Expert Report on Asylum seeking in England. Not applicable: Not applicable.
  • Shehada, N. (1999). Gender and Politics in Palestine: Discourse Analysis of the Palestinian Authority & Islamists. (ISS Working Papers, General Series307 ). The Hague: ISS.
Doctoral thesis (1)
  • Shehada, N.. Justice without Drama : Enacting Family Law in Gaza City Sharia Court. Maastricht (410 pag.) (Maastricht: Shaker Publishing). Prom./coprom.: B. de Gaay Fortman & Annelies Moors..
Other output (42)
  • Shehada, N. (2011). Islamic Law in Europe. IWS 3rd Annual Conference Rethinking governance and gender in an age of Empire: Palestine (2011, maart 16 - 2011, maart 17).
  • Shehada, N. (2011). Sacking Tariq Ramadan. Women's Agency and Law: Perspectives from the Nordic and the Global South: Helsinki (2011, mei 30 - 2011, mei 31).
  • Shehada, N. (2010). “Debating Islamic family law in Palestine: Citizenship, Gender and ‘Islamic’ Idioms.
  • Shehada, N. (2010). Teaching in the Summer school for Law and Society.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). ‘Women’s Agency’ Paper presented in the conference.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). House of Obedience: Social Norms, Individual Agency and Historical Contingency.
  • Shehada, N. (2009). Flexibility versus rigidity in the practice of Islamic Family law.
  • Shehada, N. (2008). Between Change and Continuity: Age and Marriage Trends in Gaza.
  • Conte, E. & Shehada, N. (2008). Why Islamic Law is so legal? Paper presented during the Conference on "Law and Society in the Arab World": Amman, Jordan (2008, juli 14 - 2008, juli 21).
  • Conte, E. & Shehada, N. (2008). Why Islamic Law is so legal? Paper presented during the Conference on "Law and Society in the Arab World": Amman, Jordan (2008, juli 14 - 2008, juli 21).
  • Shehada, N. (2008). Exploring the role of female preachers in Damascus. (Paper presented during the conference on "Pathways for Women Empowerment" organised by Sussex University, American university of Cairo and BirZeit University of Palestine on 24-26 June 2008 in Cairo, Alexandria Egypt).
  • Shehada, N. (2008). Course in Vienna International Christian-Islamic Summer University.
  • Shehada, N. (2008). Islam, Feminism and Development.(Lecture/teaching material on the request of Novib.).
  • Shehada, N. (2008). Exploring the role of female preachers in Damascus, Paper.
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Shehada, N. (2007). Social reality vs. Legal Text (Paper presented at the Law against violence against women conference).
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Comparative perspective on Islamic Family Law.
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Islamic Fiqh in Modern time (Paper presented at the Islamic Law in context seminar).
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Comparative perspective on Islamic Family Law (Concept paper presented at the Preparation for an international conference on Islamic Family Law workshop, Austrian Ministry of foreign affairs & Academy of Social Science, Vienna, 28 October 2007).
  • Shehada, N. & Shehada, N. (2007). Equity vs. Predictability? The Role of the Qadi in the Palestinian Territories. Paper presented at the Revolution Islamischen Rechts conference: Switzerland (2007, januari 14).
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Palestinian Female Preachers: New Mode of Activism in the Public Sphere (Paper presented at the Arab Women and the Public Sphere conference, Damascus, Syria, 9 March 2007).
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Social reality vs. Legal Text (Paper presented at the Law against violence against women conference, Heinrich Boell Foundation: Arab Middle East Office, Amman, Jordan, 22 June 2007).
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Islamic Fiqh in Modern time (Paper presented at the Islamic Law in context seminar, Bern University, Switzerland, 12 January 2007).
  • Shehada, N. & Conte, E. (2007). Equity vs. Predictability? The role of the qadi in the Palestinian Territories.
  • Shehada, N. & Shehada, N. (2007). Equity vs. Predictability? The Role of the Qadi in the Palestinian Territories. Paper presented at the Revolution Islamischen Rechts conference: Switzerland (2007, januari 14).
  • Shehada, N. (2007). Palestinian Female Preachers: New Mode of Activism in the Public Sphere (Paper presented at the Arab Women and the Public Sphere conference).
  • Shehada, N. (2006). ten-day workshop entitled ‘Islamisches Familenrecht im Wandel; on the numerous initiatives that have developed of late to transform major dispositions of Islamic family law.
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Religious Mediation in Palestine.
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Islamic Family Law Contested.
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Invited lecture series on ‘Law, Family and Culture’.
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Developing a course on ‘Law, Gender and Development for the Women’s Studies.
  • Shehada, N. (2006). Keynote speaker on ‘Islamic Family Law’ in a public seminar.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Shehada, N. (2005). Evaluation report to UNESCO for an application by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture to have Palestinian traditional tales, or Hikaye, recognised as a ‘World Heritage’.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Designing training manual both in Arabic and English on behalf of the ISIM (International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World) project on women and children’s ‘Right at Home’.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Series of lectures on Gender and Politics in Palestine.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Shehada, N. (2005). Iraq project: A Dutch research funding organisation, WOTRO, has approved a grant to carry out research on family law application in Iraq. Later and due to the security circumstances prevailing in Iraq, the project was transferred to Lebanon.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). Shehada, N. (2005). International Conference on the Legitimate and the Supernatural: Law and Religion in a Complex World, Paper presented: ‘Islam, Codification and Jurisprudence: Protecting Children’s Welfare in Gaza City Sharī‘a Court’.
  • Shehada, N. (2005). A survey on behalf of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the European Union, on the social sciences in the Palestinian universities of the Gaza Strip.
  • Shehada, N. (2004). Shehada, N. (2004). Final conference of the ‘Programme international de cooperation scientifique Palestine: sociétés, institutions, normes’ for Political and Strategic Studies. Paper presented: ‘Early Marriage in Gaza’.
  • Shehada, N. (2004). The Model Parliament Experience: Women Confronting Fundamentalism.
  • Shehada, N. (2004). Uncodified Justice: Women Negotiating Family Law and Customary Practice in Palestine’.
  • Shehada, N. (2004). The Rise of Fundamentalism and the Role of the State in the Specific Political Context of Palestine.
  • Shehada, N. (2002). Gender and Politics in Palestine’, International and Comparative Law Review. Special Issue on Islam: .