Islamic Studies Chair Niloofar Haeri has been chosen the winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s Fatema Mernissi Book Award, which honors the best work in studies of gender, sexuality, and women’s lived experience.

The announcement was made at the 2021 MESA Awards Virtual Ceremony held December 1, 2021. The award is also announced on MESA’s website, see https://mesana.org/awards/awardee/mesa-book-awards/niloofar-haeri.