Academic Publications

Academic Publications
Elham Manea, last update April 2009
Work in Progress
The Arab State and Women’s Rights: The Trap of the Transitional State (Yemen,
Syria, and Kuwait), Post-Doctoral Thesis, forthcoming (23ed May, 2009)
Books
Regional Politics in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Saqi Books: London, 2005,
192 p.
Political Parties and Organizations in Yemen, 1948-1993 (in Arabic), The Athawabit
Book Series #2, Sana'a, 1994
Dissertation
Regional Politics in the Developing World: The Case of the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen,
Saudi Arabia, Oman), Doctorate Thesis, Studentendruckerei: Zurich, July 2001
[translated into Arabic and published in: Al Quds Newspaper, London, 24.09.2002 –
12/13.10.2002]
Essays and Papers
The Arab State and Women’s Rights: The Case of Saudi Arabia - The Limits of the
Possible, Orient, German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture of the Middle
East, Berlin, No. II, July 2008, pp. 15-25
We do not Speak the Same Language! In: Bernhard Debatin (Hrsg.), Der
Karikaturenstreit und die Pressefreiheit: Wert- und Normenkonflikte in der globalen
Medienkultur, Reihe: Kultur und Technik, Schriftenreihe des Internationalen
Zentrums für Kultur- und Technikforschung der Universität Stuttgart, Münster: LIT
Verlag, 2007, pp. 45-47
Überleben und Übergeben: Familienherrschaften auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, in:
Hartmut Fähndrich (Hrsg.), Vererbte Macht: Monarchien und Dynastien in der
arabischen Welt, Campus Verlag: Frankfurt / New York, 2005, pp. 81-102
La tribu et l’Etat au Yémen, in: Mondher Kilani (ed.), Islam et changement social,
Editions Payot: Lausanne, 1998, pp. 205 - 218
The Arab National Security between Theory and Reality (in Arabic), Althawabit
Periodical: Sana'a 1993, pp. 197- 231
The Algerian Electoral Experience, in: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Electoral
System and the Future of Democracy in Yemen (in Arabic), Sana'a, 16/17 February
1992, pp. 79 -104
Book Reviews
Rezension "Länderkunde Jemen”, Geographica Helvetica (Swiss Journal of Geography),
Heft 1, 2007, pp. 57-58
“Note de Lecture: Saudi-Arabia”, in: SGMOIK Bulletin, Schweizerische Gesellschaft Mittlerer
Osten und Islamische Kulturen, Nr. 18, May 2004, pp. 17-18.
NON ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Non-Fiction
Ich will nicht mehr Schweigen: Der Islam, der Westen und die Menschenrechte, Herder
Verlag, Freiburg, 2009
Novels
Sins (in Arabic), Dar Al Saqi: Beirut, 2008
Echo (in Arabic), Dar Al Saqi: Beirut, 2005
Articles and Essays
Islamisches Recht in der Schweiz wäre Verheerend, NZZ am Sonntag, January 4,
2009
Diary of an Arab Woman: for a Humanistic Islam, (in Arabic), published in a series of
articles online in Middle East Transparent, September 2005 - September 2006, pp.
108
“Back to Islam”! (in Arabic), Yemen Observer, Vol. IX, issue 29, August 15, 2006
“Falsche Toleranz Diskriminiert die Mädchen", NZZ am Sonntag, February 12, 2006
“Im Jemen Streiten Staat und Stämme um die Macht", Tages Anzeiger, January 18,
2006
Numerous articles published in: Alnedaa Newspaper, Sana’a (2006-present), Middle
East Transparent, Paris (2005-present), Swissinfo, Bern (2001- present), Al Quds
Newspaper, London (2001-2003), Albayan Newspaper, Dubai (2001)