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Karima Bennoune

Karima Bennoune is an Algerian-American who is the Louis M. Simes Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Her bio can be found here, and her personal website can be found here. She was the Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law when she taught at the UC Davis School of Law. She was also United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights from October 2015 to October 2021. [1] [2]

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Before coming to the University of Michigan Law School, Bennoune was the Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law. Before UC Davis, Bennoune was a Professor of Law and Arthur L. Dickson Scholar at Rutgers School of Law – Newark. [2]

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.” [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights." Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. ohchr.org. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "Karima Bennoune". UC Davis School of Law. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. "2014 winners". Dayton Peace Prize. September 24, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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