Mai Yamani
Mai Yamani ( Arabic مي يماني; * 1956 in Cairo ) is a Saudi Arabian anthropologist .
Origin and youth
Yamani is a daughter of Ahmed Zaki Yamani , who was Saudi Arabia's oil minister from 1962 to 1986. Since her father's parents came from Yemen , the family was nicknamed Yamani (= “from Yemen”). Her mother Laila was from Mosul in Iraq .
Mai Yamani attended the renowned girls' boarding school Château Mont-Choisi in Pully near Lausanne ( Switzerland ) from 1967 to 1975, after years of primary school in Baghdad and Jeddah . She then studied first at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia ( USA ), where she obtained an AB degree in 1979 , and then at the University of Oxford , where she obtained a “Master of Studies” and then a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in social anthropology PhD .
Professional career
She began her professional career as a university lecturer at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), later at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London , and subsequently worked at various research institutions in the Middle East , in the USA and appointed in Europe:
- 1990–1991: Center for Cross Cultural Research on Women, Oxford;
- 1992–2002: Center of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London;
- 1997–2007: Middle East Program at the Royal Institute for International Affairs , London;
- 2008: Brookings Institution , Washington, DC ;
- 2008–2009: Carnegie Middle East Center , Beirut .
Works
- (Ed.) Feminism and Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives. NYU Press, New York, 1996, ISBN 978-0814796818
- Changed Identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia. Royal Institute of International Affairs / Chatham House, London, 2000, ISBN 978-1-86203-088-6
- Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity. IB Tauris, London, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85043-710-9
- Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for Identity in Saudi Arabia. IB Tauris, London, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84511-824-2
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yamani, May |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | مي يماني; (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi Arabian anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |