Women and the Holy City: The Struggle over Jerusalem’s Sacred Space

What Does a Feminist Look Like? Arab Women’s Activism as a Challenge to Authoritarian Politics
Maria Holt 2025. What Does a Feminist Look Like? Arab Women’s Activism as a Challenge to Authoritarian Politics. KADEM Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi. 11 (1), pp. 73-102. https://doi.org/10.21798/kadem.2025.174

White torture: interviews with Iranian women prisoners. By Narges Mohammadi. London: Oneworld Publications. 2022. 272pp. £20.00. ISBN978 0 86154 550 6. Available as e-book.
Holt, M. 2024. White torture: interviews with Iranian women prisoners. By Narges Mohammadi. London: Oneworld Publications. 2022. 272pp. £20.00. ISBN978 0 86154 550 6. Available as e-book. International Affairs. 100 (3), pp. 1349-1351. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae100

Book Review: Women resisting sexual violence and the egyptian revolution: Arab feminist testimonies
Holt, Maria 2024. Book Review: Women resisting sexual violence and the egyptian revolution: Arab feminist testimonies. Sexualities. 27 (8), pp. 1754-1755. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607221122341

'The violence of illness: Palestinian and Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon Face the Challenges of the COVID-19 Crisis’
Holt, M. 2023. 'The violence of illness: Palestinian and Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon Face the Challenges of the COVID-19 Crisis’. in: Amahazion, F. (ed.) An Exploration of How COVID-19 Impacted Women and Girls Around the World: The Hidden Toll Cambridge Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Violence against women in peace and war: cases from the Middle East
Holt, M. 2021. Violence against women in peace and war: cases from the Middle East. Lanham, MD Lexington Books.

Islam and resistance in the Middle East: a methodology of Muslim struggle and the impact on women
Holt, M. 2020. Islam and resistance in the Middle East: a methodology of Muslim struggle and the impact on women. in: Sadiki, L. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics London and New York Routledge.

The worst place on earth to be a woman: violence against Yemeni women in peace and war
Holt, M. 2020. The worst place on earth to be a woman: violence against Yemeni women in peace and war. Gender and Women's Studies. 3 (1) 2.

Muslim women and (in)security: a Palestinian paradox
Holt, M. 2019. Muslim women and (in)security: a Palestinian paradox. in: Jägerskog, A., Schulz, M. and Swain, A. (ed.) Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security London and New York Routledge. pp. 328-337