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The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW), based in  the Lebanese American University, is soliciting articles for the  Summer/Fall 2010 issue of its quarterly publication Al-Raida. The central topic for this edition of the journal will  be “Sexual and Reproductive Life in the Arab Region”.We are interested in receiving papers based on academic studies or  critical essays looking at changing attitudes and behaviors towards  sexual and reproductive life in the Arab region, particularly among  youth. With this issue, we are aiming at strengthening the research base on  sexuality and reproduction in the Arab region by publishing both  qualitative and quantitative studies which provide an empirical basis  for our understanding of changing attitudes and behaviors, and the  social, cultural, political and economic forces shaping them. In  particular, we are interested in receiving papers that examine the  changing attitudes and behaviors of men, often overlooked in current  scholarship. Among the many issues we are eager to consider:         Sexual and reproductive health challenges, including HIV         Changing patterns of marriage and family formation         Influence of religion on sexual and reproductive attitudes and  behaviors         Impact of media on sexual and reproductive life If you are interested in contributing to this issue of Al-Raida, kindly  send your abstract (250-300 words) no later than May 1, 2010. All  abstracts submitted are reviewed by Al-Raida's editorial staff and are  subject to its approval. Once the abstract is approved contributors will  have to submit their paper no later than September 1, 2010. Submissions  are accepted in English, Arabic or French. All non-English submissions  will be translated by IWSAW and published in English following the  approval of the author.This journal edition will be edited by Dr. Shereen El Feki. Kindly send  your emails simultaneously to the managing editor, Ms. Myriam Sfeir, at al-raida@lau.  edu.lb and to the guest editor, Dr. Shereen El Feki at alraida2010@  googlemail. com