Elham Manea

Elham Manea (Arabic: إلهام مانع; born 1966 in El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt)[1] is a Swiss-Yemeni writer, professor, and human rights advocate. She is known for her human rights advocacy, especially for her defence of women's rights, freedom of expression, freedom of/from religion, minority and LGBT rights in the Arab and Islamic world (s). She has participated in several human rights campaigns in the MENA region and is considered part of the Islamic feminist movement that insists on the possibility of gender equality in Muslim majority countries. She has led mixed prayers in London, Bern, Berlin, Cape Town and Oxford in cooperation with inclusive mosques and open mosques initiatives.[2][3][4] [5][6][7]

Elham Manea
Born
Elham Manea

1966 (age 56–57)
El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt
NationalityYemeni, Swiss
Occupation(s)Writer, educator
Known forHuman rights advocacy

Manea is a strong critic of far right religious groups ideologies inside and outside the MENA region. She has contributed to the knowledge production on women's rights in the MENA region and women under Muslim Laws with two well received books:[8] The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance (Routledge, 2011)The Arab State and Women's rights and Women and Sharia Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK (I.B. Tauris, 2016).Women and Sharia Law

Manea is a regular guest in Arabic news channels and talk shows such as BBC Arabic and Al Hurra. She has been also featured as a commentator in Swiss news, radio and TV.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Background and academic Research

Manea graduated from Kuwait University in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in political science and American University in 1995 with a master's degree in comparative politics.[16] Manea is a Fulbright scholar who holds a Venia Legendi (Habilitation) and a PhD degree in political science from the University of Zurich. She was officially promoted to a titular professor in February 2023.

Manea worked as a radio and on-line journalist at Swiss Radio International (Swissinfo) until 2005. Between 2010 and 2019 she was a member of the Federal Commission for Women Affairs.[17] In 2020 she was appointed as a member of the Federal Commission for Migration, where she serves as a vice president.Die Eidgenössische Migrationskommission EKM Manea is member of the scientific advisory board of the Austrian Documentation Center for Political Islam.[18] In 2010

Manea is a titular professor of political science at the Political Science Institute, Zurich University.[19] She also works as an independent consultant.

Views on wearing the burka

She has criticised the burka as being "not-Islamic" and said that "The re-Islamisation of Saudi Arabia according to the Wahabi Salafi fundamentalist principles led to the mainstreaming of the burka. With Gulf money you had a promotion of this ideology and a reading of Islam that turned the burka into an 'Islamic' tradition." She called wearing it "a sign of segregation, separation, rejection of the values we see all around us — values of acceptance and tolerance and otherness."[20]

Bibliography

Manea has published academic and nonfiction books in English, German, and Arabic. Her publications include:

Echo (2005 Saqi Books Beirut)[21]

Sins (2008 Saqi Books Beirut) [22]

The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance [23]

Ich will nicht Schweigen: Der Islam, Der Westen und die Menschenrechte (2009) Freiburg: Herder Verlag.[24]

Regional Politics of the Gulf (2005, Saqi Books)[25]

Women and Sharia Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK (2016 I.B.Tauris)[26]

Der alltägliche Islamismus (2018, Kösel)[27]

The Perils of Nonviolent Islamism (Telos Press, New York, February 2021) (English Translation of Der Alltägliche Islamismus).[28]

Frauen und die Scharia: Die Auswirkungen des Rechtspluralismus in Großbritannien Wenn Religionsrecht mit Zivilrecht kollidiert.Mit einem Ausblick auf Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz (2021, Ibidem, German Translation of Women and Sharia Law)14

References
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  2. TOI, STAFF (4 June 2016). "Woman leads Friday prayers in Swiss mosque, sparks uproar". Time of Israel. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. GRANTEE, Alice Su (28 July 2017). "The German Mosque That Attracts Women Imams, Gays, and Death Threats". Pulitzer Center. Politico. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. TV Interview, TV Interview. "wiss-Based Yemeni Writer Elham Manea Justifies Women Leading Prayers: A Mosque without Women Reflects a Society in Which Women Are Invisible". MEMERI TV. MEMERI TVE. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. Faiola &Kirchner, Anthony &Stephanie (17 June 2017). "In Germany, a new 'feminist' Islam is hoping to make a mark". Washington Post. Washington Post. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. Jesper, Petersen (2019). "Pop-up Mosques, Social Media Adhan, and the Making of Female and LGBTQ-Inclusive Imams". Journal of Muslims in Europe. 2 (8): 178–196. doi:10.1163/22117954-12341392. S2CID 198629221.
  7. Petersen, Jesper (5 March 2019). "Media and the Female Imam". Religions. 3 (10): 13. doi:10.3390/rel10030159.
  8. Loretan, Adrian (8 May 2017). "Women and Shari'a Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK. By Elham Manea . London: I. B. Tauris, 2016. Pp. 256. $25.00 (paper). ISBN: 978-1784537357". Cambridge Journal of Law and Religion. 32 (1): 202–205. doi:10.1017/jlr.2017.22. S2CID 149079193.
  9. برنامج بلا قيود. "بلا قيود يستضيف أ. د. إلهام مانع الأكاديمية والكاتبة والناشطة الحقوقية". BBC Arabic TV. BBC. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  10. برنامج مختلف عليه. "لماذا يرفض رجال الدين إمامة المرأة؟". قناة الحرة. ِAl Hurra TV. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  11. Bourget, Albertine (9 May 2016). "Elham Manea, la politologue et activiste qui croit au sursaut des penseurs musulmans". Le Temps. Le Temps. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  12. SRF 4 New (3 February 2023). "Repression und Öffnungen: Saudi-Arabiens Rezept für die Zukunft". SRF Swiss Radio and TV. Swiss Radio and TV. Swiss Radio and TV. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  13. Walser, Marino (4 October 2022). ""Die Revolution im Iran scheint möglich" Die Proteste im Iran dauern weiter an, die Gewalt nimmt zu. Politexpertin und Nahost-Kennerin Elham Manea spricht von einer starken Bewegung, die in der Lage sei, einen Regimewechsel im Iran anzustossen". Tamedia. 20 Minuten. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  14. Bandle, Rico. "nterview zu Katar "Frauen als Süssigkeiten? Das ist in der arabischen Welt völlig normal"". Tamedia. SONNTAGSZEITUNG. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  15. Tagesgespräch. "Elham Manea über den "vergessenen Krieg" im Jemen". SRF Swiss Radio and TV. SRF Swiss Radio and TV. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  16. "The Vision of a World Made New – Meet Dr. Elham Manea". 6 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  17. "EKF - Mitglieder". www.ekf.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24.
  18. About Us Dokumentationsstelle Politischer Islam, Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  19. Website Elham Manea. "University of Zurich, Department of Political Science, Staff". Department of Political Science. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  20. Hegerty, Siobhan (28 August 2017). "Burkas are political symbols not Islamic ones, Muslim scholar says". ABC News. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  21. "إلهام مانع | دار الساقي دار نشر بيروت لبنان". www.daralsaqi.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31.
  22. "» » خطايا: اصدار جديد للدكتورة الهام مانع::. Doroob .::. دروب .::". Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  23. Manea, Elham (13 July 2011). The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance (in German). Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics. ISBN 978-1-138-78923-4.
  24. "Verlag Herder| Manea, Elham| Ich will nicht mehr schweigen". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  25. Manea, Elham (2005). Regional Politics in the Gulf. London: Saqi Books. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-86356-583-0. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  26. Manea, Elham (2016). Women and Shari'a Law The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK. London: I.b: Tauris. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-350-98982-5.
  27. Manea, ELham (2018). Der alltägliche Islamismus. München: Kösel. p. 282. ISBN 978-3-466-37212-6.
  28. Manea, Elham (2021). The Perils of Nonviolent Islamism. New York: Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary. ISBN 978-0-914386-82-7.
  29. Manea, Elham (2022). Frauen und die Scharia: Die Auswirkungen des Rechtspluralismus in Großbritannien Wenn Religionsrecht mit Zivilrecht kollidiert.Mit einem Ausblick auf Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz. Stuttgart: ibidem. p. 380. ISBN 978-3-8382-1542-6.

Further reading
  • Lichter, Ida, "Muslim Women Reformers : Inspiring Voices Against Oppression" (2009), Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y. ISBN 978-1-59102-716-4, OCLC 913057331
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