Newswise — Mohja Kahf, associate professor of comparative literature at the University of Arkansas, was born in Damascus, Syria, and recently added her endorsement to the list of signatories of the Damascus Declaration. The Damascus Declaration is a 2005 coalition document drafted by opposition movements and independent dissidents within Syria. Currently, she serves as an administrator on one of the many Syrian revolution pages on Facebook and tweets update about the latest news from Syria at twitter.com/profkahf .
Kahf teaches courses in Middle Eastern studies, with research ranging from gender and postcolonialism to Syrian culture and society. Her article "The Silences of Contemporary Syrian Literature," was published in World Literature Today.
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