# Event Details

- **Event Name**: In Conversation with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 17 Oct, 2021 at 06:00 pm – Sun, 17 Oct, 2021 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: In conversation with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh to discuss her book, Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn ʿArabī, Gender, and SexualityAbout this EventOur fifth text for the Islam and Gender Read Alongs facilitated by Dr Sofia Rehman, was Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn ʿArabī, Gender, and Sexuality by Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh. Upon completion of our reading of this text, we now have the pleasure of being in discussion with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh.Sa’diyya Shaikh is Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.  Her research is situated at the intersection of Islamic Studies and Gender Studies. She has a special interest in Sufism and its implications for Islamic feminism and feminist theory. Her book “Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn ʿArabī, Gender and Sexuality” is published by the University of North Carolina Press (2012); and co-published again in 2013 by both University of Cape Town Press and Munshiram Manoharl Publishers (New Delhi). Her areas of research include gender-sensitive readings of hadith, Quranic exegesis and Sufi texts; theoretical and political debates on Islam and feminism; religion and gender-based violence; contemporary Muslim women’s embodied, experiential and everyday modes of understanding Quranic teachings (“Tafsir of Praxis”). Shaikh has also completed an empirical project focussed on sexuality, marriage, and reproductive choices amongst South African Muslim women.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/online/in-conversation-with-professor-sadiyya-shaikh/10000179389939137
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is In Conversation with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh being held?
  - **A:** In Conversation with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh takes place on Sun, 17 Oct, 2021 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 17 Oct, 2021 at 07:30 pm at Online.
- **Q**: Who is organizing In Conversation with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh?
  - **A:** In Conversation with Professor Sa'diyya Shaikh is organized by Sofia Rehman (Instagram: @Sofia_reading).