Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley

Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley is Professor in literary and critical theory and gender and women’s studies at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Al-Hassan Golley worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, before joining AUS. She is the author of, Reading Arab Women’s Autobiographies. Shahrazad Tells her Story, editor of Arab Women’s Lives Retold. Exploring Identity Through Writing, co-editor of Mapping Arab Women’s Movements: A Century of Transformations from Within and Guest Editor of HAWWA: Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World’s Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Arab Women’s Autobiographical Narratives. Al-Hassan Golley developed the program in Women’s Studies at AUS, the first of its kind in the Gulf region and organized the first conference on Gender and Women’s Studies in the Arab Region in 2012. She is the recipient of the Research Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Al-Hassan Golley adopts interdisciplinary approaches in her teaching and research.