Lecture: "Modern Egyptian Women, Fashion and Faith" by Dr. Amany Alsiefy

Dr. Amany Abdelrazek-Alsiefy will discuss Egyptian Muslim women's dress as a social, political, and ideological signifier of changing attitudes toward Western modernity. She will also explore dresses as a feminist act, provide insights into the power and limits of legal regulations and cultural boundaries in modern Egypt, and present a nuanced narrative beyond the binary view of the supposedly modest, oppressed traditional Muslim woman versus the modern Western woman.

The book presentation will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Cordula Lemke, moderated by journalist Ewald König.

Dr. Amany Abdelrazek-Alsiefy, a writer and independent researcher based in Berlin, received her PhD from Freie Universität Berlin in 2022. She is currently preparing her postdoctoral research on gender, colourism and modernity in Egyptian and Sudanese women's writing. She has published in both English and Arabic, with English articles appearing in journals such as SN Social Sciences and the International Journal of English and Literature. She has also presented papers at international conferences in London and Johannesburg.

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