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Association of Sudanese-American Professors in America


Associate Professor at The University of Toledo

Asma M. Abdel Halim is an associate professor with The University of Toledo, Department of Women's and Gender Studies. She graduated from the faculty of Law, University of Khartoum with an LL.B. Honors in Common Law and Shari’a, Islamic Law, where she also earned a Master in commercial law. She earned a Master in International Affairs, African Studies and a Ph.D. in Education from Ohio University. Asma taught at several universities and has been a human rights activist for the past 40 years. Her research is generally on Muslim women’s rights in Africa and other parts of the world, with a focus on feminism, women’s issues, legal, constitutional rights and human rights issues under socio-cultural and religious mandates and other related issues. Her current research project is researching Sudanese laws from a feminist perspective. She follows the evolution of law in the country especially laws that directly affect women’s rights such as Personal Status Laws (Ahwal Shakhsiyya) and Criminal law. She authored and translated books and published articles in books and periodicals, as well as attended and presented at many domestic and international conferences that address her research interests. Asma’s research is focused now on the huge changes in Sudanese laws and politics after the downfall of the military dictatorship in the country.

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  1. DrKhairi says:

    Salamat Dr. Maha
    I just joined the group of ASAPA.
    Dr. Mohamed Khairi

  2. Osman says:

    Nice job .. proud of😂

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