Hosn Abboud

Lectures, Research, and Peer-Reviewed Articles in Conference Proceedings and Scientific Journals:

• "The Leadership of Women in Friday Prayers" in Dialogue for Truth and Life. Beirut: Publications of the Near East School of Theology 4 (2019).
• "Water as a Source of Life in the Quran" Lecture at the Conference on the Symbolism of Water in Religion. Haigazian University, Beirut, March 2, 2018. In press.
• "Towards Building Knowledge on the Concepts of 'Qawama and Wilaya'" at the Conference on Women’s Legislative and Political Achievements: A Study of the Moroccan Experience and Possible Paths for Lebanon (organized by the Researchers and Supported by the Asfari Institute and ESCWA's Women's Center, November 22-23, 2017). Available online, print edition forthcoming.
• "The Prophethood of Mary" in The Introduction to Arab Feminism (Dialogue) in Women's Discourse: Current Questions and Intellectual Insights. Beirut and Rabat: Faithful Without Borders for Studies and Research, 2016.
• "Concepts of Homeland in the Testimony of the Arab Prisoner" in Proceedings of the Conference on Women in Arab Societies, October 23-26, 2013. Publications of the University of Kaslik, Beirut, 2015.
• "Mary's Hymn and the Motivator of 'Turning the Scales' for Women, the Oppressed, and the Poor" in Randa Abi Ad's Peace Be Upon You: Islamic and Christian Reflections on the Virgin Mary. Beirut: Adyan Foundation and the Policia Library, 2015.
• "Bibliography of General and Fundamental Trends in Arab-Islamic Feminism" in Proceedings of the International Conference: Feminism and the Islamic Perspective: New Horizons for Knowledge and Reform, Cairo: March 17-18, 2013.
• "Faces of the Feminist Renewed Methodology for Quranic Interpretation: Aisha Abdel Rahman and Amina Wadud" in Proceedings of the Conference, Arab Feminism: A Critical Vision, organized by the Lebanese Researchers' Gathering (Beirut) and the Women and Memory Forum (Cairo) and the Center for Women's and Gender Studies (Birzeit University), held at the American University of Beirut, 2012.
• "Breathing Bodies among Women in Beirut" in Proceedings of the Scientific Seminar on Religion and the Body. Tunisia: Publications of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Kairouan, 2 (2010).
• "Women in Ibn Rushd’s Thought" in Proceedings of the Seminar on Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd (1126-1198): Readings in His Philosophy and Thought. Beirut: Dar al-Maqasid for Writing, Printing, and Publishing, 2009.
• "Is Mary Important for Herself or for Her Motherhood of Christ in the Quran?" in Dialogue for Truth and Life. Publications of the School of Theology 2 (2005-2006).

Articles in the Annual Researchers' Book:

• "Prison for Women Too: Zaynab al-Ghazali and Days of My Life." in Researchers: Excavations and Investigations: Lives of Arab Women. 10 (2005-2006).
• "Models of Global Experiences in Women’s and Gender Studies: The Experiences of Paris VII University/France and the University of Toronto in Ontario/Canada." Proceedings of the Seminar on Integrating a Gender Perspective into Lebanese University Policies and Curricula. Edited by Fadya Hatti, Azza Baydoun, and Hassan Aboud. Beirut: UNESCO and the Lebanese Women Researchers’ Gathering, June 5, 2004.

Books/Theses:

• Mary in the Qur’an: A Literary Reading. London & New York: Routledge, 2016. Paperback.
• Mary in the Qur’an: A Literary Reading. London & New York: Routledge, 2014. Hardcover.

Editor/Journal:

• Hosn Abboud & Dima Dabbous, Eds. On Islamic Feminist Texts and Women Activism. The Institute of Women in the Arab World (IWSAW), at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Issue (2015-2016).
• Hosn Abboud, Amal Habib & Ridwan al-Sayyid, Eds. Players of the Arab Revolutions: Innovative Forms and Expressions. Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (Bahithat), Vol. 16 (2013-2014).
• Hosn Abboud, Ed. Women and Scripture in the Arab World. The Institute of Women in the Arab World (IWSAW), at the Lebanese American University (LAU), December issue (2009).

Articles in Refereed Journals:

• "Denial of Similitude Phrase ‘And a Male is Not Like a Female’ (Qur’an 3:36): Gender Implication as an Exegetical Concern." In Proceedings of the International Conference, Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations—Contemporary Impact, the University of Göttingen and Al-Azhar University, Göttingen, Germany. Leiden: Brill (forthcoming).
• "Representations of the 'Nation' in Arab Women Prison Memoirs" in Representations and Visions of Homeland in Modern Arabic Literature, edited by Sebastian Gunther and Stephan Milich. Germany: Georg Olms Verlag, 2016.
• "Two Faces of the Revival of Feminist Qur'anic Exegesis: A'isha Abd al-Rahman and Amina Wadud." In Arab Feminisms: Gender and Equality in the Middle East, edited by Jean Said Maqdisi et al. I.B. Tauris Publishers, in association with The Centre of Arab Unity Studies and Lebanese Association of Women Researchers, 2014.
• "General and Foundational Trends in 'Islamic Feminism' in the Arab World," in Feminist and Islamic Perspectives: New Horizons of Knowledge and Reform, edited by Omaima Abou-Bakr. Cairo: Women and Memory Forum, 2013.
• "Sūrat Maryam and the Pre-Islamic Panegyrical Ode: A Study of the Tripartite Structure.” In Sources and Approaches Across Disciplines in Near Eastern Studies: Proceedings of the 24th Conference of L’Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants. Leuven: Peeters, 2013.
• “Idhan Maryam Nabiyya (Hence Maryam is a Prophetess): Muslim Classical Exegetes and Women’s Receptiveness to God’s Verbal Inspiration.” In Mariam, the Magdalen, and the Mother, edited by Deirdre Good, pp. 183-196. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005.
• "Quranic Mary’s Story and the Motif of Palm Tree and the Rivulet." Parole del’Orient 30 (2005).