Publications & Media

Articles in Refereed Journals

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2009. Ageing and Gender in India: Paradoxes of a Feminist Perspective. Asian Women. Summer. Vol. 25, No.2. Pgs. 1-27.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2009. Widow’s in India: Issues of Masculinity and Women’s Sexuality. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies. Vol. 15, no.1. Pgs. 23-53.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2008. “Dilemmas of Islamic and Secular Feminists and Feminisms.” Journal of International Women’s Studies. Vo.9, no.3, May. Pgs. 99-116.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma and Anne Donadey. 2008. “Why Americans Love Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran.” Signs:Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Vol.33, no.3, Spring. Pgs. 623-646.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2006. “Ahmadi Women: Reconciling Faith with a Vulnerable Reality.” Journal for International Women’s’ Studies. Vol.8, no.1, November. Pgs. 36-51.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2006. “Voices of Afghan Women: Women’s Rights, Religion and Culture.” International Feminist Journal of Politics. March. Vol.8, no.1, Pgs.110-128.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2004.  “Portraits of Believers: Ahmadi Women Performing Faith in the Diaspora.”Journal of International Women’s Studies. Nov.vol.6,no.1. Pgs. 73-92.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2003. “A History of Women in Afghanistan: Lessons Learnt for the Future: Women in Afghanistan.”Journal of International Women’s Studies. vol.4.no.3. May. Pgs.1-14.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2003. “Writing the Nation on the Beauty Queen’s Body: Implications for a ‘Hindu’Nation.”Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism. vol.4. no.1. October. Pgs. 205-227.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2003. “Chattels of Society: Domestic Violence in India,”Violence Against Women.  vol.10. no.1. December. Pgs. 94-118.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 1987. “Changes in the Status of North Indian Women - A Case Study of Palitpur Village.”Working Paper No. 141, Michigan State University: Women in International Development. Pgs. 1-23.

Ahmed, Huma. 1980. “Protest Movements by Women.”Journal of Youth Affairs. September. New Delhi: Vishwa Yuva Kendra. Pgs. 7-20.

Chapters in Refereed Books

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2010. “Afghan Women: At the Intersections of Local and Global Oppression.” In Contesting Nation: Gendered Violence in South Asia, edited by Angana Chatterji and Lubna Choudhury. New Delhi: Zubaan. Forthcoming in August.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.   2005.  “Deconstructing the Human Rights Discourse: Relevance for Afghan Women”(peer reviewed) in Sustainable Development: Bridging the Research/Policy Gaps in Southern Contexts, edited by Saba Khattak. Oxford University Press. December.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  1994.  “Preserving Identity: A Case of Palitpur,”in Forging Identities: Gender, Community and the State, edited by Zoya Hasan. New Delhi: Kali for Women/Westview Press. Pgs. 169-187.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  1993.  “Agricultural Development and Work Pattern of Women in a North Indian Village,”in Women and Work in South Asia: Regional Patterns and Perspectives, edited by Saraswati Raju and Deipica Bagchi. London: Routledge. Pgs. 180-195.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  1991.  “From Ivory Towers to Mud Huts: Trials and Acceptance of a Fieldworker,”in From the Female Eye: Accounts of Women Field Workers Studying Their Own Communities, edited by M.N. Panini. New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation. Pgs. 11-19.

Other Publications

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2009. Guest editor. Special Issue on, “Gender and Islam in Asia.” Journal of International Women’s Studies. Nov. Vol.11, no. 1.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. 2006. “Role of Women-run NGOs in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan.” Conference proceedings. World Association of NGOs. New York.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2004.  “Afghan Women’s Rights: Trials and Tribulations.”TJSL Law Review (Thomas Jefferson School of Law). vol.27, no.1. Pg.27-31.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2003.  “The USA Patriot Act and Anthropology.”Anthropology News. vol.44. no.1. Pg.10. April.

Ahmed‑Ghosh, Huma.  2001. “Feminist Perspective: September 11th and Afghan Women.”Lemar-Aftaab. Afghanmagazine.com. December 2001. Pg. 1-2. Translated into French.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  2000.  “Impact of Globalization on the Images of Older Women in India.”Report of International Symposium on the Impact of  Globalization on the Images of Older Women. United Nations Programme on Ageing. Pgs.21-28.

Ahmed‑Ghosh, Huma.  1999.  "Gendering Anthropology." Anthropology Newsletter. San Diego State University. Pgs. 1,6.

Ahmed‑Ghosh, Huma.  1998.  "Women Trapped in a Web of Hierarchy: Life Cycle of Women in India." INSTRAW. (a United Nations Publication). Pgs.10-17.

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma.  1995.  “Muslim Women Reflecting Changes in State-Society Relations in India.”Farhang: The Persian Cultural Review. Winter. Issue, Volume 5.  Pgs. 8-12.

Blumberg, Rae Lesser, with Huma Ahmed-Ghosh. 1989. “Income Under Female Versus Male Control: Differential Spending Patterns and Consequences When Women Lose Control of Returns to Labor.”Population and Development Series, The World Bank. Pgs. 60-72.

Book Reviews

2003. Women for Afghan Women: Shattering Myths and Claiming the Future. Edited by Sunita Mehta. www.sawnet/books.

2001. Muslim Women: Crafting a North American Identity, by Shahnaz Khan. In Journal of American Ethnic History. vol.20. no.4. Pgs. 95-96.

2001. Guru’s Gift: An Ethnography Exploring Gender Equality with North American Sikh, by Cynthia Mehmood and Stacy Brady. In Journal of American Ethnic History. vol.20. no.4. Pgs. 115-116.

1999. A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America, by Shamita Das Das-Gupta. Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal. vol.6. no.2. Pgs. 223-228.

1999. Surviving on Gold Mountain: A History of Chinese American Women and Their Lives, by Huping Ling. Journal of San Diego History. vol.8. no.2. Pg. 6.

Works in Progress

Working on a book project: Women in Afghanistan: How to Reconcile a Feminist Agenda with an Islamic State.

Working on a book project: Teaching Gender and Islam in the West.