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Diana Obeid

Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures


Diana Obeid

Lecturer

McMurran Hall 105 B
(757) 594-8225
diana.obeid@cnu.edu

Education

  • DLS in Liberal Studies, Georgetown University
  • MA in Humanities, Old Dominion University

Teaching

Arabic language /Modern Arabic Literature/ Prison writings

Research

Prison Literature, Women and gender issues in the Arab World, translation studies, war narratives, and comparative Literature.

Biography

Diana Obeid is a Lecturer of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and co-Director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program.

Selected Accomplishments

  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Arab Female Prison Discourse. Bloomsbury.
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Political Prison Discourse in the Arab World: An Analysis of Selected Writings from Egypt and Syria. Bloomsbury.
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Ink and Identity: Unraveling Discourse and Gender in Arab Women’s Writings. Bloomsbury.
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Nawal al-Saadawi and Hanan al-Shaykh's Authorship: Between Arab and Western Reception. Lexington Books.
  • Diana Obeid, FLAVA, "The Flipped Classroom," Washington and Lee University. (2019)
  • Diana Obeid, Alpha Mu Gamma 36th National Convention, "Arab Women in Prisons," Mount St Vincent, NY. (2018)
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