Sherifa Zuhur

Sherifa Zuhur is a scholar specializing in the study of Egypt and other MENA countries, who has held faculty positions at The American University of Cairo, UC Berkeley, and SSI at the US Army War College. She has lived, researched and taught in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, the Negev, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, the US and Europe. Zuhur has published 19 books, hundreds of chapters and articles, is a past-president of the Association of Middle East Women’s Studies and was a Senior Regional Fulbright Scholar.

Reading Egypt from the Outside In, Youssef Rakha’s “Baraa and Zaman”

Reading Egypt from the Outside In, Youssef Rakha’s “Baraa and Zaman”

Baraa and Zaman:  Reading Egyptian Modernity in Shadi Abdel Salam’s The Mummy , by Youssef Rakha Palgrave 2020...

24 AUGUST 2021 • By Sherifa Zuhur
Ode to the ‘Ud and Its Lovers

Ode to the ‘Ud and Its Lovers

No other instrument entrances quite like the ‘ud. Sherifa Zuhur presents a portrait of the world's notable ‘ud...

21 MARCH 2021 • By Sherifa Zuhur
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