Publications – Maria Malmström
Book
Malmström, M. F. (forthcoming). The Politics of Female Circumcision in Egypt: Gender, Sexuality and the Construction of
Identity. I. B. Tauris.
Book Chapters
Malmström, M. F. (forthcoming). Inner and Outer Sexual Desire among Muslim Women in Cairo: Politics of
Female Circumcision. In Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures, Ed. Gul Ozyegen, Ashgate Press.
Malmström. M. F. and Goran A. Sabir Zangana (forthcoming). Female Genital Cutting in Cairo and Kurdistan. In
Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures, Ed. Gul Ozyegen, Ashgate Press.
Malmström, M. F. (forthcoming). Imagining the New Egypt: Agential Egyptian Activism/Feminism, Translation,
and Movement. In Title? Policy Studies Organization. Washington: Westphalia Press.
Malmström, M. F. (forthcoming). Inner and Outer Sexual Desire among Muslim Women in Cairo. In Title? Eds.
C. Longman and T. Bradley, Ashgate Press.
Malmström, M. F. Making Uncertain Manhood: Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency among Male Hamas
Youth. In Embodiments, Discourses and Symbolic Practices, Eds. Georg Frerks, Reinhilde König and Annelou Ypeij,
Ashgate Press.
Malmström,M. F & Dellenborg, L. (2013). Kvinnlig omskärelse/könsstympning och mänskliga rättigheter: Att
äga sin förändring. In Internationella relationer: könskritiska perspektiv. Stockholm: Liber.
Malmström, M. F. (2011). Gender, Agency, and Embodiment Theories in Relation to Space in Gender, Cities
and Local Governance. In Gouvernance locale dans le monde arabe et en Méditerranée: Quels rôles pour les femmes? Eds. S.
Denéfle and S. Monqid, Égypt/Monde Arabe 9/3e. Cairo: Centre d’Études et de Documentation Économiques,
Juridiques et Sociales.
Malmström, M. (2009) Bearing the Pain: Changing Views of the Meaning and Morality of Suffering. In Body
Politics and Women Citizens: African Experiences, ed. A. Schlyter. Sida Studies.
Journal Articles
Malmström, M. F. Passion and Public Intimacy: Masculinities, Nationalism and Islam in Today’s Egypt. Submitted
to Anthropology Quarterly.
Malmström, M. F. (forthcoming). The Sound of Silence. Anthropology Now.
Malmström, M. F. (2013). The Production of Sexual Mutilation among Muslim Women in Cairo. Global Discourse
3(2): 1–16.
Reports
Malmström, M. (forthcoming). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: One Thread of an Intricate Web. New York:
UNFPA-UNICEF.
Malmström, M. F. (2013). Affective Politics in Transitional North Africa: Imagining the Future: Workshop and
roundtable report. May 27–28, 2013, Alexandria, Egypt. Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
Conference proceedings (editor).
Malmström, M. F. (2013). Ihbaat Again? Ihbaat—frustration—Is One of the Emotions in Play As Egyptian People
Try to Cope with Their New Political Circumstances. In Development Dilemmas. Annual Report 2012. Uppsala,
Sweden: The Nordic Africa Institute.
Malmström, M. F. et al. (2012). Have the Arab Uprisings Helped or Harmed Women’s Rights? Women and the
Arab Revolutions: From Equality in Protest to Backlash in the Transition from Old Regimes to New
Governments. Think Tank for Arab Women. Cairo, Karama, and Alexandria, The Swedish Institute.
Malmström, M. et al. (2011). UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation-Cutting: Accelerating
Change. Annual Report 2010. Nurturing Change from Within. New York: UNFPA-UNICEF.
Malmström, M. (2011). Sexuality and Human Rights: The Importance of a Culture-Sensitive Approach. New York:
UNFPA-UNICEF.
Malmström, M. (2002). Uppdrag att vidareutveckla och sprida metoder samt initiera projekt i syfte att förebygga
könsstympning m.m. Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen/National Swedish Board of Health and Welfare.
Malmström, M. (2002). Kvinnlig Könsstympning. Ett utbildningsmaterial för skola, socialtjänst och hälso- och sjukvård.
Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen/National Swedish Board of Health and Welfare.
Other Publications
Malmström, M. F. 2014. Photo Essay, Feature Preview: The Sound of Silence. Anthropology Now online
http://anthronow.com/print/feature-preview-sound-of-silence
Malmström, M. F. 2012. Protest against Morsi. Nov. 29, 2012.
http://matsutas.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/protests-against-morsi-by-maria-malmstrom/
Malmström M. 2004 “Omskärelse är sött”: mat, kropp, och kvinnlig omskärelse i Kairo. In Hälsa, vård och helande
- antropologiska perspektiv. Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2004, no. 6, 512–519.
Malmström M. 2001. Gendered Bodies and the Politics of Female Circumcision among the Chagga of Tanzania
(project abstract). In Göteborg University in Africa, ed. A. Närman & J. Ewald. Gothenburg: Centre for Africa,
University of Gothenburg.
Malmström, M. 1999: Möte med det främmande – Kvinnlig könsstympning. Lärares, förskollärares och fritidspedagogers
kunskap, handlingsförfarande och förhållningssätt avseende kvinnlig könsstympning. Gothenburg: SDF Frölunda.
Conference Papers (selection)
Imagining the New Egypt: Agential Egyptian Activism/Feminism, Translation, and Movement. 5th European
Conference on African Studies, Lisbon, June 27–29, 2013.
Imagining the New Egypt: Agential Egyptian Activism/Feminism, Translation, and Movement. Middle East
Dialogue 2013, Policy Studies Organization, Washington, D.C., February 21, 2013.
Creating Proper Men: Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency in the West Bank. American Anthropological
Association 111th Annual Meeting, Borders and Crossings, San Francisco, November 14–18, 2012.
The Production of Sexual Mutilation among Muslim Women in Cairo. Nordic Africa Days 2012, Reykjavik,
Iceland, October 18–19, 2012.
Creating Proper Men: Uncertain Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency in the West Bank. 12th European
Association of Social Anthropologists Biennial Conference, Nanterre University, Paris, July 10–13, 2012.
Young Women after the Egyptian Revolution: Embodying Political Agency. 5th Meeting of the Think Tank for
Arab Women. Have the Arab Uprisings Helped of Harmed Women's Rights? Women and the Arab Revolutions:
From Equality in Protest to Backlash in the Transition from Old Regimes to New Government. Stockholm,
Uppsala & Almedalen, July 2–4, 2012.
Creating Proper Men: Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency in the West Bank. Mediation, Sant/Naf,
Stockholm, May 4–6, 2012.
Kvinnlig Omskärelse/Könsstympning, Mänskliga Rättigheter och Social Förändring. Högskolepedagogiskt
utvecklingsarbete i ett AiL Perspektiv. University West, Trollhättan, Sweden, April 12, 2012.
Inner and Outer Sexual Desire among Muslim Women in Cairo. Traces, Tidemarks and Legacies, American
Anthropological Association 110th Annual Meeting, Montreal, November 16–20, 2011.
Global Priorities in Addressing MENA and Arab Women. Think Tank for Arab Women: Key debates and
Discussions: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Amidst the ‘Arab Springs’: Challenges and Lessons Learnt
across Regions, WIDE Annual Conference, Brussels, October 27–28, 2011.
Linking Arab Women Activists to the Global Women’s Movement: Global priorities in addressing MENA and
Arab Women. Post-Colonialism – Intersectionalism - Etcetera – Yes, do not forget the Men. 4th Meeting of the
Think Tank for Arab Women, Women and the Arab Revolts, Eight Months On, Cairo, October 1–3, 2011.
Bodies & Bombs: Productions of Violent Militarized Masculinities among Male Hamas Youth. Ethnographies of
Gender and Conflict, LOVA Conference, Amsterdam, July 6–8, 2011.
Gender, Agency, and Embodiment Theories in Relation to Space: Gender, Cities and Local Governance in the
Arab World and in the Mediterranean Region. Centre d'Études et de Documentation Économiques, Juridiques et
Sociales, Women in the City and Their Role in Urban Development, Cairo, April, 14–15 2010.
Inner and Outer Sexual Desire among Muslim Women in Cairo. Third World Congress for Middle Eastern
Studies, Barcelona, July 19–24, 2010.
Globaliseringen av det mest Intima: Kvinnlig Omskärelse i relation till Globalisering och Nationella Diskurser.
Nordiska Hälsovårdhögskolan, Gothenburg, May 2010.
Sexual Desire, Discourses of Sexuality, Cairo, Gender, Female Circumcision: International Resource NetworkAfrica, Genders
&
Sexualities in Africa:
Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century. Empire
State College, Central New York Center, Syracuse, NY, September 30–October 3, 2009.
Inner and Outer Sexual Desire among Muslim Women in Cairo. Poster. World Congress for Sexual Health,
Gothenburg, June 21–25, 2009.
Bearing the Pain: Changing Views of the Meaning and Morality of Pain and Suffering. Gender Justice and Body
Politics, Cape Town, February 4–6, 2009.
Bearing the Pain: Changing Views of the Meaning and Morality of Pain and Suffering. 6th Nordic Medical
Anthropology Conference, Gothenburg, June 11–13, 2009.
Bearing the Pain as a Woman or Fear of Being Ruined for Life? The 4th FOKO Conference, Female Genital
Cutting in the Past and Today, Helsinki, September 7–8, 2007.
Bearing the Pain: Changing Views of the Meaning and Morality of Pain and Suffering. Second World Congress for
Middle Eastern Studies, Amman, Jordan, June 11-16 2006.
Omsorg, Kommunikation och Dialog – Ett Fruktbart Förändringsarbete mot Kvinnlig Omskärelse i Sverige. The
Swedish Parliament, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Stockholm, May 21, 2002.
Presentations (invited/presented papers - selection)
Moral Communities in Transforming African Cities. The Nordic Africa Institute, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm,
January 29, 2014.
Bearing the Pain: Changing Views of the Meaning and Morality of Pain and Suffering. Fighting Female Genital
Mutilation in Egypt: Health, Suffering and Politics: Forum for Africa Studies at Uppsala University and the
Riksföreningen Stoppa Kvinnlig Könsstympning (RISK). January 24, 2013.
The Bittersweet Taste of Sisi Pralines: Nationalism and Affective Politics in Egypt. Center for Middle Eastern
Studies, Lund University, Lund, October 25, 2013.
Embodying Political Agency after the Egyptian Revolution. Swedish Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, February 8,
2013.
Sexual Desire in Relation to Discourses of Sexuality, Cluster Workshop together with Fredrik Kirst, Deputy
Director, Department for Middle East and North Africa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Nordic Africa Institute,
Fotografiska, Stockholm, December 16, 2012.
Deep inside the Vagina: Sexual Desire, Morality and Female Genital Cutting among Muslim Women in Cairo,
Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, WHO Geneva, September 28, 2012.
’Karikatyren av Araben – Våld och Lidande i Egypten och på Västbanken’, Arbetsförmedlingen, Göteborg,
September 24, 2012.
Creating Proper Men: Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency in the West Bank. The Columbia Law School
Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies and Institute for Research
on Women and Gender, Columbia University, April 6, 2011.
Creating Proper Men: Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency in the West Bank. Center for the Study of Gender
and Sexuality, New York University, March 7, 2011.
Kvinnlig Omskärelse och Lidandets Moraliska Kraft: Exempel från Egypten och Senegal,’Vilka Utmaningar finns
med att Applicera ett Rättighetsperspektiv på Insatser som Syftar till att Avskaffa Kvinnlig Könstympning?’Sida
Academy, Development Dialogue Series, Body Politics, Women’s Rights and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),
Stockholm, May 12, 2008.
Sexual Desire, Body and Femininity. Sexology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 2006.
Bearing the Pain: Changing Views of the Meaning and Morality of Pain and Suffering. American University of
Cairo, Institute for Gender and Women's Studies, Cairo, April, 5 2005.