Affiliation: Aarhus University
Keywords: Migration, collaborative writing, multilingualism, comparative literature, translation
Full profile: Jihan started her career in Cairo University (Beni-Suef Branch) in Egypt, before completing her Ph.D. on comparative literature at Cardiff University (UK). In her Ph.D., she explored Edward Said’s postcolonial theory to compare forms of violence and apartheid in modern South African and Palestinian novel, with a specific focus on women’s resistance. Jihan had a Fulbright Scholar Fellowship (2016-2017) at the University of Michigan (USA), where she explored ecocritical and ecofeminist studies in Arabic literature and critical studies.
She is currently an assistant professor, at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her current research project focuses on aspects of gendered and environmental violence in modern and contemporary Arabic literature. Jihan has published on feminist activisms, gender violence, and political change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
In October 2023, Jihan will start a new position as associate professor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway. She will be leading a research group to work on her ERC Starting Grant (the largest European grant available to early stage researchers) project GulfFeminisms that examines the genealogies of feminisms in the Arabian Gulf, analyzing the mobilization of laws as a form of feminist activism and positive social change.