San Francisco Public Press (https://www.sfpublicpress.org/author/maryann-hrichak/)
As an immigration practitioner and social/cultural anthropologist by profession, Maryann helps the Public Press manage its content sharing relationships with two dozen nonprofit and independent organizations that contribute news and media content to the Public Press' website and quarterly print edition. Maryann also cultivates and manages distribution relationships with more than 50 local retailers who sell the San Francisco Public Press' quarterly print newspaper. Maryann holds an MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the CA Institute of Integral Studies and a BA in Classics from Georgetown University. Maryann is also involved in international and global immigration and communications projects. Maryann's article "Women Working Within Islamic Society for Change in the Middle East" can be found on www.sfpublicpress.org. If you are interested in partnering with the Public Press, please contact Maryann. We'd love the opportunity to collaborate with you!
An Islamic feminist movement is gaining ground in the Middle East and offers hope for the future of women’s rights there. Isobel Coleman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, has written a new book, “Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East,” and was in San Francisco recently to discuss her findings.
