This podcast relates the realities of Arab Women and their rich and diverse experiences. It aims to represent the multiplicity of women voices. It wishes to break cultural stereotypes about women of the Middle East, ...more
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Dr Amal Al Malki is a Qatari scholar, educator, public speaker, social commentator and advocate of women’s rights and gender equality. Dr Amal is the Founding Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar Foundation. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of the Translation and Interpreting Institute, which she founded in 2011. Dr Al Malki holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of London – SOAS, where she also earned a Master’s degree in English-Arabic Applied Linguistics and Translation. In 2012, Dr Amal published her book titled Arab Women in Arab News: Old Stereotypes and New Media, which was lauded as the first comprehensive study of the topic in the world. Dr. Al-Malki’s research interests include the negotiation of identity between East and West, media representations of Arab women and postcolonial literature. As Dr Al Malki’s focus is on women’s rights and Arab identity, she strives to help deepen international understanding of Qatar and its evolving place in the world. In 2020, she launched the “Women of the Middle East Podcast” to create a feminist narrative by a Qatari scholar covering women of the middle east and building new areas of knowledge and activism that will enable women to be empowered.
