August 29, 2023 Salma Waheedi named Religion and Public Life Fellow in Conflict and Peace

Salma Waheedi, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, was named the Harvard Divinity School's 2023-2024 Religion and Public Life Fellow in Conflict and Peace. 

Salma Waheedi

June 20, 2023 Salma Waheedi Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Program

Salma Waheedi, a lecturer on law and associate director of Harvard Law School's Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, has been named its executive director.

Participants of MENA workshop stand together as a group

May 04, 2023 Gender, Law, and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

Participants from more than a dozen countries convened for a workshop on Gender, Law, and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

Colored map of the Middle East from the front of JCL-MENA

August 19, 2022 The Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World to Co-Publish the Third Edition of the Journal of Constitutional Law in the Middle East and North Africa

Female lawyer in a suit taking notes.

June 21, 2022 Litigating Women’s Rights in Arab Gulf Monarchial Systems

Our Associate Director Salma Waheedi examines the dynamics of litigating women’s rights in Arab Gulf monarchical systems.

Black and white image of Kristen Stilt and Salma Waheedi

January 31, 2022 Faith in the Law

In the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, led by Professor Kristen Stilt, innovation is fueled through its robust visiting fellow program and related programming, which attract both established and emerging scholars.