ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Last updated on February 2012 Books

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Last updated on February 2012
Books
The Arab State and Women’s Rights. The Trap of Authoritarian Governance. London:
Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics, June 2011, 200 p.
Regional Politics in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen. London: Saqi Books, 2005, 192 p.
Political Parties and Organizations in Yemen, 1948-1993 (in Arabic). Sana'a: The Athawabit
Book Series #2, 1994, 336 p.
Post Doctoral Thesis
The Arab State and Women’s Rights: The Trap of the Transitional State (Yemen, Syria, and
Kuwait). Post-Doctoral Thesis (Habilitation). Submitted to the University of Zurich, November
2009, 265 p.
Dissertation
Regional Politics in the Developing World: The Case of the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Saudi
Arabia, Oman). Doctorate Thesis. Studentendruckerei: Zurich, July 2001, 220 p.
[translated into Arabic and published in: Al Quds Newspaper, London, 24.09.2002 –
12/13.10.2002]
Papers and Chapters
Yemen’s Arab Spring: Revolt for Democratization?, in Sadiki, Larbi (ed.), Routledge Handbook
of the Arab Spring, London: Routledge Studies on Middle Eastern Politics, 2012, forthcoming.
The Arab State and the Politics of Survival: Kuwait as an Illustration, in Schröter, Susanne
(ed.), Gender and Justice, Frankfurt, 2012, forthcoming.
Europa und seine muslimischen Migranten: Integration oder Assimilation. In: Kreis, Georg
(Hrsg.): Europa in der Welt. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, (forthcoming)
Rereading the Qur’an: A Muslim Woman’s Perspective. In: Journal of the Dutch-Flemish
Levinas Society, Vol. XVI, December 2011, 21-29 (http://www.duyndam.demon.nl/EJournal_of_the_Levinas_Society_Vol16_2011.pdf)
Islam and Human Dignity: a Consequence-Based Approach to Human Dignity and Rights.
In: Deimann, Dorothèe und Mugier, Simon (Hrsg.): Entgegensprechen: Texte zu
Menschenwürde und Menschenrecht, Teil 1, Basel: edition gesowip, 2010, 499-521
Yemen: Gender Situation. In: Women Rights in the Middle East and North Africa.
Washington DC: Freedom House, February 2010, 24 p.
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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. July 2008,
15-25
We do not Speak the Same Language! In: Debatin, Bernhard (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, 45-47
Überleben und Übergeben: Familienherrschaften auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, in:
Fähndrich, Hartmut (Hrsg.): Vererbte Macht: Monarchien und Dynastien in der arabischen
Welt. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 2005, 81-102
La tribu et l’Etat au Yémen. In: Kilani, Mondher (ed.) : Islam et changement social. Lausanne:
Editions Payot, 1998, 205-218
The Arab National Security between Theory and Reality (in Arabic). Sana'a: Althawabit
Periodical, 1993, 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, February 16&17, 1992, 79-104
Book Reviews
Rezension "Länderkunde Jemen”. In: Geographica Helvetica (Swiss Journal of Geography).
Heft 1, 2007, 57-58
Note de Lecture: Saudi-Arabia, In: SGMOIK Bulletin, Schweizerische Gesellschaft Mittlerer
Osten und Islamische Kulturen Nr. 18, May 2004, 17-18
NON ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Non-Fiction
Ich will nicht mehr Schweigen: Der Islam, der Westen und die Menschenrechte. Freiburg:
Herder Verlag, 2009, 200 p.
Novels
Sins (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar Al Saqi, 2008
Echo (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar Al Saqi, 2005
Articles and Essays
The Gulf Initiative and the Yemeni Conflict: Putting the Cart before the Horse. In Qantara,
November 29, 2011.
Islamisches Recht in der Schweiz ist gefährlich. In: NZZ am Sonntag, July 3, 2011
Yemeni Protests have created a Melting Pot, In: The Guardian, March 19, 2011
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Am Anfang war der Stamm. Inamo 62, Jahrgang 16, 2010, 4-8
Is Yemen the Next Failed State? In: The Guardian, December 29, 2009
Islamisches Recht in der Schweiz wäre verheerend, In: NZZ am Sonntag, January 4, 2009
Diary of an Arab Woman: For a Humanistic Islam (in Arabic). Published in a series of online
articles in: Middle East Transparent, September 2005 - September 2006
Back to Islam! In: Yemen Observer, Vol. IX, issue 29, August 15, 2006
Falsche Toleranz Diskriminiert die Mädchen, In: NZZ am Sonntag, February 12, 2006
Im Jemen Streiten Staat und Stämme um die Macht, In: Tages Anzeiger, January 18, 2006
A column published simultaneously in ‘Middle East Transparent’ online magazine, Paris (2005present); Civic Egypt on Line, (2011- present), Civil Dialogue (02.2011- present); a monthly
column in German in the Swiss newspaper ‘Südostschweiz’ (2010-11); a column published
every two weeks in Arabic in ‘Alnedaa Newspaper’, Sana’a (2006-2011); numerous articles
published in Arabic in: Swissinfo, Bern (2001- present), Qantara (2011- present), Saudi and
Palestinian online websites; Al Quds Newspaper, London (2001-2003), Albayan Newspaper,
Dubai (2001)
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