University of Kansas: Researcher Reclaims 16th Century Moroccan Woman Leader From Obscurity
April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:
While growing up in Morocco, Amal El Haimeur was never taught about Sayyida al-Hurra, the country's 16th century "pirate queen" who overcame sexism to lead and defend the people of her city-state and region.
So when El Haimeur, now an assistant teaching professor of African & African American studies at the University of Kansas, read a passing reference to al-Hurra i . . .
While growing up in Morocco, Amal El Haimeur was never taught about Sayyida al-Hurra, the country's 16th century "pirate queen" who overcame sexism to lead and defend the people of her city-state and region.
So when El Haimeur, now an assistant teaching professor of African & African American studies at the University of Kansas, read a passing reference to al-Hurra i . . .