Ghada Talhami

Ghada Hashem Talhami is Professor of Third World Politics and Women’s Studies at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA. She is a past editor of the Arabic Studies Quarterly and the co-editor of four other publications. Prof. Talhami holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in the USA. She has written more than 40 articles on subjects like Islam and women, Islam in Africa and Arab nationalism. She is the author of five books on the Arab and Islamic world, the latest of which is Palestinian Refugees: Pawns to Political Actors.