| Intro | Professor of international law; author |
| Is |
Writer Professor Jurist |
| From | Algeria |
| Type |
Academia Law Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
25 June 1967 |
| Age: | 53 years |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Karima Bennoune is the Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law and a former United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School 1994
- M.A. Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School 1994
- Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies, University of Michigan 1994
- B.A. History and Semiotics, Brown University 1988
Career
Before coming to UC Davis, Bennoune was a Professor of Law and Arthur L. Dickson Scholar at Rutgers School of Law – Newark.
She won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2014) for her book, “Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism.”