Honors
and Awards
• Nominated Distinguished Teaching Award, UCSD Communication Dept. (2003)
• Nominated for Cal Arts Alpert Awards in the Arts (2002)
• Selected by PBS and CPB to Pitch to Public Television Session (2002)
• Jacob Javits Fellowship in the Visual Arts Department, UCSD (1997-2001)
• Russell Foundation Production Grant (1998)
• Jerome Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts (1993)
Screenings and Presentations
• Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) Shorts Showcase,
Washington, DC, 2008
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, October 2007
November 15, 2007
• Vocation Visitor at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, September 2007
• Hollywood Harem, Peace and Empowerment, American University, Washington,
DC, 2007
•
Hosni Haddad Memorial
Lecture & Presentation at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April
2006
• Arab Women’s Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, July 2005
• Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID, March 2005
• Tiburon International Film Festival, Tiburon, CA, March 2004
• North African Women’s Film Festival, Wellesley, MA, November
2002
• Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College , Providence, RI, October
2002
• Presentation and screening at DePaul University, Chicago, IL,
May 2002
• Arab and Iranian Film Festival, Seattle, WA, March 2002
• Cincinnati Women's Film Festival 2002, Cincinnati, OH, March 2002
• Women of Color Film Festival, Berkeley, CA, March 2002
• The Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY, February 2002
• First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) , Johannes
Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany, September 2002
• Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, December 2001
• The Middle East Studies Association Conference, San Francisco,
CA, November 2001
• Presentation and screening at the University of Chicago, Chicago,
IL, June 2000
• Screening and Discussion, Winston-Salem, NC, November 2001
• Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival , Turin, Italy,
April 2000
• Women in the Director’s Chair International Film and Video Festival,
Chicago, IL, March 2000
• Women with Vision—A Festival of Film and Video—Walker
Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, March 2000
• Presentation and screening at the Middle East Studies Association
Conference , Washington D.C., November 1999
• Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival , Minneapolis,
MN, April 1999
• LA Freewaves—Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles,
CA, October 1998
• Midwest Film & Video Showcase at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
MN, May 1996
• Women in the Director’s Chair International Film and Video Festival,
Chicago, IL, March 1999
• Screening at the Symposium, Life & Politics in the Middle East,
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, February 1996
• Fordham University , New York, NY, April 1996
• USA Film Festival , Dallas, TX, April 1996
• Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival , Minneapolis,
MN, May 1996
• Women of Color Film and Video Festival at the University of California
, Santa Cruz, CA, May 1996
• Presentation and screening at the Minneapolis College of Art &
Design, Minneapolis, MN, July 1995
• Iowa Women’s Film and Video Festival at the University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA, August 1995
• New York Expo of Short Film and Video at the Tishman Theater, New
York, NY, November 1995
• Presentation and screening at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar
Falls, IA, November 1995
• Presentation and Screening at the Middle East Studies Association
Conference, Washington D.C., December 1995
• Screening at Midwest Film & Video Showcase at the Walker Art Center
, Minneapolis, MN, May 1994
Broadcasts
• Voice of America TV, VOA-TV
• WYBE Public Television, Philadelphia— Covered: The Hejab
in Cairo, Egypt
• Paper Tiger Televison, New York— Covered: The Hejab in Cairo,
Egypt
Papers
• Presentation of paper at the International Qajar Studies Association
Conference
Santa Barbara, CA, July 2004
• Presentation of paper at the American Culture/Popular Culture Conference
Orlando, FL, April 1998
• Presentation of multicultural fiction at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, July 1997
Permanent Archives
• Alden Library—Ohio University
• Arab Artist Resources and Training—AART
• Auraria Library—University of Colorado, Denver
• Bailey Library—University of Vermont
• Bowdoin College Library—Bowdoin College
• Bruce T. Hall Library—Eastern Michigan University
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies—University of Arizona
• Charles Von der Ahe Library— Loyola Marymount University
• Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong
• Cline Library—Northern Arizona University
• Cornell University Library—Cornell University
• Davidson Library—University of California, Santa Barbara
• Filmography Directory—University of North Carolina
• F. W. Olin Library—Mills College
• Goethe Institut Internationes—Washington D.C.
• Helen Ganser Library—Millersville University
• Hong Kong Baptist University—Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Center of the Claremont Colleges
• Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities—University
of Virginia
• Joyner Library—East Carolina University
• Leyburn Library—Washington and Lee University
• Library Accessions—Mount Holyoke College
• Margaret Clapp Library—Wellesley College
• Marian K. Heilbrun Music & Media Library, Emory University
• McHenry Library—University of California, Santa Cruz
• McPherson Library--University of Victoria, British Columbia
• Media Resource Center—Drew University
• Media Resources Center—University of North Carolina
• MediaRights.org
• Middle East and North Africa Library—University of California,
Berkeley
• Middle East Studies Library—Duke University
• Meyer Library Listing—Stanford University
• Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association, MESNET
• National Library Brd—Singapore
• National University Library, National University, San Diego
• New York University Libraries—New York University
• Noreen Reale Falcone Library—Le Moyne College
• Oberlin College Library—Oberlin College
• Odum Library—Valdosta State University
• Oviatt Library— California State University, Northridge
• Pacific Film Archive—University of California, Berkeley
• Penrose Library—University of Denver
• Schmidt Library—York College of Pennsylvania
• South Asia Center Video Resource Library—Syracuse University
• Texas Woman's University Library
• University Library—California State University, Los Angeles
• University Library—University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Veiling Videos Archive—University of California, Los Angeles
• Video Library—Homeport Rotterdam
• Women in the Director’s Chair—Walker Art Center, Minnesota
• Women’s Studies Library—Ohio State University
• Women’s Studies Library—University of Wisconsin
• York University Libraries—York University, Toronto
Publications
Duke University Press Filmic Representations of the Harem published
in forthcoming anthology: Harem Histories: Envisioning Places and Living
Spaces
Amelia (Bakersfield, CA): short story
Arab News (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): cultural criticism
8 Days (London, England): economic and finance
Egyptian Gazette (Cairo, Egypt): reportage
The Middle East Magazine (London, England): the oil industry
The Minnesota Women’s Press (Minneapolis, MN)
Middle East Times (Cairo, Egypt): cultural criticism
Saudi Business (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): economics
South, The Third World Magazine (London, England): economic development
The North American Review (Cedar Falls, IA): reportage
Aljadid (Los Angeles, CA): reportage
Reviews
Hollywood Harems—reviewed in:
• Aljadid Issue no. 41 (2003)
• The Women’s Studies Quarterly Vol. 32, no. 1 & 2
(Spring/Summer 2002).
• The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin Vol. 35, no.1
(Summer 2001).
• Feminist Collections Vol. 22, no. 3-4(Spring/Summer 2001).
• Cafe Arabica: Culture, http://www.cafearabica.com/culture/culture15/culharems15.html
(Spring 2000)
Covered: The Hejab in Cairo, Egypt—reviewed in:
• The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol.30, no.2
(Winter 1996).
• The
New York Times (click
here to read review)
Community Activities
• Presentation
at San Diego State University
San Diego, CA, February 2006
• Screening
for the Bridgeview Community Center
Chicago, IL, January 2006
• Screening for the Arab Cultural and Community Center
San Francisco, CA, April 2005
• Presentation and screening for the Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA, September 2003
• Screening for the Multicultural Women's Film Series, University of
Wisconsin
La Crosse, WI, November 2002
• Presentation and screening for the Central Library of the San Diego
Public Library
San Diego, CA, December 2001
• Presentation and screening for the Malcolm X Library
San Diego, CA, November 2001
• Screening for the Year of Unity and Hope, Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC, November 2001
• Presentation and screening for the Women’s Center, University
of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, May 2001
• Presentation and screening for the International Women Associates
Inc.
Chicago, IL, March 2000
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