Dr. Elham Manea

Dr. phil, Institut für politische Wissenschaften der Universität Zürich

Vita 

Titles

• 8/1996-11/2000: Ph.D. (high honors) in Political Science University of Zurich, Institute for Political Science, Department of International Relations 08/1993-
• 08/1995: M.A. (Cum Laude) in Comparative Politics The American University, Washington, D.C.  
• 09/1985-05/1989: B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Political Science Kuwait University   

Professional

• Since 09/2009: Lecturer, University of Bern, Institute for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies / Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung  
• Since 05/2008: Consultant in Politics, Religion and Gender in the Middle East, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (GIIDS); Swiss Ministry for Foreign Affairs (EDA)/Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Freedom House, etc.  
• 03/2006-03/2009: Post-doc Fellow “UFSP Asien und Europa”, University of Zurich Institute for Political Science, Department of International Relations  
• Since 03/2005: Lecturer in Political Science, University of Zurich, Institute for Political Science, Department of International Relations  
• 01/2004-12/2005: Deputy Head of the Arabic Service, Swissinfo, Bern  
• 06/1997-12/2003: Multimedia Journalist and Radio Presenter, Swissinfo / Swiss Radio International, Arabic Service, Bern
• 01/1991-07/1993: Teaching Assistant, Political Science Department University of Sana'a, Republic of Yemen  
• 06/1990-03/1993: Secretary of the Academic Staff Affairs Committee Office of the Vice Rector, Sana'a University    

Other 

• 2006-2008: Field Work on the Arab State and Gender Politics in Yemen (September-October/2006), Syria (July/2007), and Kuwait (November/2008)  
• Since 07/2005 : Affiliate Researcher, NCCR Democracy: "Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century” – Project 3 “Democratizing Divided Societies in Bad Neighborhoods”, University of Zurich  
• 03/1997: Interpreter and Interviewer “Yemen: The Last Drop of Water” Format NZZ (documentary film), Republic of Yemen    

Teaching 

• Politics of the Arabian Peninsula, University of Zurich, SS 2005; WS 2005/2006; SS 2007, HS 2008 & scheduled for FS 2010  
• Democratization of the Arabian Peninsula, University of Zurich, SS 2006  
• The Arab State and Women Rights, University of Zurich, WS 06/07; HS07; FS09 & scheduled for HS 2010  
• Civil Society and Democratization in Arab States, University of Zurich; HS 2009  
• Frauenrechte in den arabischen Staaten, Universität Bern, HS 2009    

Awards 

• Membership of the Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society, USA, since 1994  
• Fulbright Scholarship, USA, 1993-1995  
• The Golden Medal for Achievement, Kuwait University, 1991    

Publications

Books  

• The Arab State and Women’s Rights: The Trap of the Transitional State (Yemen, Syria, and Kuwait), Post-Doctoral Thesis (Habilitation), 2009 (Not yet published), 274 p.  
• 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, 336 p.  
• 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]  

Selected Academic Papers  

• Yemen: Gender Situation, in Women Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, Freedom House, Washington DC, forthcoming, 24 p.  
• 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

• Ich will nicht mehr Schweigen: Der Islam, der Westen und die Menschenrechte, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 2009, 200p.   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  
• “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)

 

Contact:  manea(at)pw.unizh.ch