Meriem El Haitami, "Women and Sufism in Morocco"

Meriem El Haitami, Rice Fellow, Council on Middle East Studies
Meriem El Haitami is a visiting scholar who is at Yale as the Henry Hart Rice Family Foundation Fellow in the Council on Middle East Studies at the MacMillan Center. Her research explores the dynamics of female religious authority and activism in contemporary Morocco. She has published articles on the role of female faith-based actors in shaping new forms of religious leadership and activism in Morocco.
Episode: December 2, 2015