Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

Editorial Office:
JMEWS
Attn. Soha Bayoumi
Johns Hopkins University
286 Mergenthaler Hall
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
jmews@amews.org

Editor:
Soha Bayoumi, Johns Hopkins University

Review Editors:
Ayșe Polat, University of Oxford
Sertaç Sehlikoğlu, University College London

Managing Editor:
C. Carter Barnett, Johns Hopkins University

Third Space Editors:
Tamar Shirinian, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lucia Sorbera, University of Sydney

Editorial Board:
Diya Abdo, Guilford College
Nahla Abdo, Carleton University
Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University
Attiya Ahmad, George Washington University
Nadje Al-Ali, Brown University
Yeşim Arat, Boǧaziçi University
Soha Bayoumi, Johns Hopkins University
Marilyn Booth, University of Oxford
Michaelle Browers, Wake Forest University
Mounira Charrad, University of Texas at Austin
Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Arizona
Nadia El Cheikh, American University of Beirut
Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University and Women and Memory Forum
Hatoon al-Fassi, Qatar University/King Saud University
Ellen Fleischmann, University of Dayton
Farha Ghannam, Swarthmore College
Erdağ Göknar, Duke University
Sherine Hafez, University of California, Riverside
Zeina G. Halabi, American University of Beirut
Mona Hassan, Duke University
Wilson Chacko Jacob, Concordia University
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis
Rebecca Joubin, Davidson College
Ranjana Khanna, Duke University
Lilia Labidi, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Salam Al-Mahadin, Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Ellen McLarney, Duke University
Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia
Minoo Moallem, University of California, Berkeley
Valentine Moghadam, Northeastern University
Arzoo Osanloo, University of Washington
Gul Ozyegin, College of William and Mary
Jale Parla, Bilgi University
Noor Al Qasimi, Exeter University
Fatima Sadiqi, University of Fez
Zakia Salime, Rutgers University
Hanadi Al-Samman, University of Virginia
Elyse Semerdjian, Clark University
Nazanin Shahrokni, American University of Beirut
Judith E. Tucker, Georgetown University
Nadia Yaqub, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Editors Emeritae:
miriam cooke (2015–2018)
Nancy Gallagher (2007–2010)
Banu Gökarıksel (2015–2018)
Sherine Hafez (2019–2022)
Sondra Hale (2007–2010)
Frances S. Hasso (2015–2018)
Marcia C. Inhorn (2005–2006, 2011–2014)
Mary N. Layoun (2005)
Ellen McLarney (2019–2022)

Article Submission Guidelines
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through our online submission system. Editorial correspondence can be sent by e-mail to jmews@amews.org.

Copyright, Originality, and AI
Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be based on original research and the careful analysis of primary and secondary source materials. Submission of an article implies that it has not been previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Please read Duke University Press's "Ethics and Policies for Journals," especially the section titled "Originality and the Use of AI." The use of generative AI must be disclosed in your manuscript in order for it to be published in JMEWS.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material under copyright. All use of or reference to published and unpublished material produced by others, whether quoted or paraphrased, must be attributed (with page numbers) using the author-date documentation system in the JMEWS style guide (see also The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., chap. 13). All manuscripts must include full bibliographic information.

Manuscript Preparation and Style for Peer-Reviewed Articles
JMEWS uses a double-blind peer review process. Manuscripts should not include the author's name or other information that identifies the author in footers, headers, or a title page. Please note if you are referencing your own previously published or unpublished work in the Comments to the Editors box in the submission system. All references to authors' previous work should be cited in the third person.

Articles must be in English and run 7,500–10,000 words, including endnotes and references. Endnotes should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.).

The editors reserve the right to copyedit manuscripts to conform to the journal's style guide. Spelling will be edited to conform to American usage.

JMEWS does not use double dating. Use only Common Era (CE) dates unless quoting from an original source, in which case use the date as quoted (hijri, solar, etc.), with the CE equivalent in brackets.

References
Author names and titles must be spelled correctly and consistently.

Titles in non-Roman alphabets (Arabic, Cyrillic, etc.) must be transliterated and translated. Capitalize only the first word, proper names, and place-names in the original title. Example: Dirasa fi adab al-Rafi‘i (A Study of the Literary Work of al-Rafi‘i).

The place of publication should appear in its common English form (e.g., Cairo rather than al-Qahira). If the publisher's name is spelled in a non-Roman alphabet, it should be transliterated. If the publisher uses the Roman alphabet in publicity, that form of the publisher's name may be used (e.g., Rabat: El Maarif al Jadida).

Foreign Words and Transliteration
Words with accepted English spellings, such as place-names or the personal names of prominent figures, should be spelled in accordance with English norms.

Technical terms, personal names, place-names, books and article titles, and the names of political parties and organizations in languages using non-Roman alphabets must be fully transliterated.

Authors are responsible for the consistency and accuracy of their transliterations.

Third Space
JMEWS publishes short essays, conversations, interviews, and contributions to fora in a non-peer-reviewed section of the journal called Third Space. This section publishes not only contributions by scholars–short bites of research with reflection or reflective pieces that lead to a general theoretical inquiry into feminist scholarship and research–but also contributions by artists, activists, and writers interested in contributing to scholarly discussions on women, gender, sexuality, and feminisms in the region. 

Typically, at any given time, the coeditors of Third Space have an open call for a forum for which they are seeking contributions. The coeditors circulate these calls for contributions through relevant email listservs and social media pages. If you are interested in whether JMEWS Third Space has an ongoing forum for which you can contribute an entry, please contact Third Space coeditors Lucia Sorbera (lucia.sorbera@sydney.edu.au) and Tamar Shirinian (tshirini@utk.edu). 

Besides these forums, Third Space is also open to other submissions, including short essays, short interventions, and other brief discussions. Third Space entries should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words, including any notes and bibliography, and should be submitted through the JMEWS online submission system. Prior to submitting your Third Space contribution, please contact the coeditors.

Third Space follows the general style guidelines of JMEWS unless veering from this style is pertinent to the content, form, and intervention of the submission. 

Reviews
JMEWS publishes reviews of recent scholarly works focused on the Middle East and North Africa region.

Review Process:JMEWS operates on a commissioned review system. We periodically announce books available for review and invite expressions of interest from qualified scholars. We welcome reviews of books that feature explicit gender and sexuality frameworks, as well as works that do not have a specific gender focus. For the latter, reviewers are expected to analyze how gender dynamics are addressed or overlooked within the work.

When books available for review are announced, interested scholars should contact the review co-editors Sertaç Sehlikoglu (s.sehlikoglu@ucl.ac.uk) and Ayşe Polat (aysesupolat@gmail.com) via email with: 

• A current curriculum vitae (as an attachment)
• A brief paragraph explaining your expertise in relation to the announced book’s subject matter (in the email body)
• Mailing address (to receive the book) and phone number 
• A declaration of conflict of interest
• (Optional) Expression of any disability needs that will impact the format of the book

JMEWS only accepts reviews of books that have been specifically announced as available for review. We do not accept unsolicited book reviews or requests to review books not on our announced list of titles. Reviews are commissioned based on the reviewer’s demonstrated expertise and the journal's needs. Expression of interest does not guarantee a review assignment.
 

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