Women in Modern Muslim Societies
When people think about Muslim women, the images that flash in their heads
are the stereotypes perpetuated by our media. These stereotypes represent a
tiny slice of reality and show the extreme cases of repression in Saudi Arabia
and Afghanistan. Muslim women, like women in world-wide face different
realities based on where they live, their educational level and the type of
government they live under. We will examine the changing realities of life for
women in modern Muslim societies.
– Baher Ghosheh, Ph.D.
Dr. Baher Ghosheh, Ph.D., is a scholar-in-residence at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania. An expert in Middle Eastern Studies, he holds a Ph.D. in Economic Development from SUNY-Buffalo and was a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, cultural and economic Geography at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania until retiring in 2022. He has graduate degrees in International Relations/Middle Eastern Studies, International Trade, and Comparative Economic Development. A native of Jerusalem, Dr. Ghosheh has lived in eight countries, traveled to 59 countries, and has taught in Japan, China, Russia, Italy, and Morocco. He was awarded a Fulbright to conduct research in Malaysia and Singapore and was selected as the Pennsylvania Geographer of the Year and Edinboro University’s Educator of the Year.
