הרצאתה של פרופסור נאג'את אל-סעיד, American University, דובאי, איחוד האמירויות הערביות (UAE) בנושא "אתגרים והזדמנויות לפיתוח נשים במדינות הערביות של המפרץ הפרסי"

יום ראשון, ה13.3.2022 בין השעות  10:30-12:00 בחדר 4707 פקולטת חברה, קמפוס הר הצופים.

 

 

“Challenges and Opportunities in Women’s Development in the Arab Gulf States"

Prof. Najat Al-Saied, American University at the Emirates, Dubai, UAE

Sunday, March 13, 10:30-12:00, Room 4707, Mt Scopus Campus

 

In this talk, Professor Al-Saied will discuss her work dealing with the challenges that face women in the Arab world in terms of development, stemming to a large degree from the traditional upbringing and exacerbated by the rise in fundamentalist religious beliefs. Those in turn further deteriorated the development of women's status. The resistance to these fundamentalist ideas varies from one Arab country to another, and this variation, in turn, helps explain the differences in women's development in different Arab states.

Professor Al-Said is a former Researcher at Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and was an Assistant Professor at Zayed University in Dubai from 2014-2018.  She is a columnist in Al Ittihad (an Arabic language newspaper published daily in the United Arab Emirates) and also a columnist in Al-Hurra (an American satellite television news channel in Arabic).  She is specialized in political and societal development communication geared to the modern and tolerant Middle East.  

She was the Head of the Young Professionals Program (YPP) at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Education and Media Specialist at the US Consulate in Jeddah; Editor-in-Chief of women e-magazines in the Saudi Research & Publishing Company in Dubai; Multimedia Specialist in the World Health Organization in Washington DC and the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washington DC.    

She is the author of several books and chapters in books: Screens of Influence: Arab satellite television and social development, Media in the UAE: creating a national voice, Arab Media Moguls and Handbook on Arab Media, Fashion and women’s sport in the Arab Gulf States, and others. Her book, Twitter Diplomacy Before and After the Abraham Accords, will be published in March 2022.  She published several articles in Israel Hayom, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Press, the Gatestone Institute, Gulf News, Al Arabiya English website, and others.

She earned her Ph.D. in Media Studies at the University of Westminster in London-UK.  She holds two master's degrees in health Promotion Disease Prevention and Computer Information systems from American University in Washington DC.