Cheryl Benard
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Cheryl Benard (1953 — ) is a analyst with the RAND Corporation, where she directs the program IMEY, initiative for Middle Eastern Youth. Her study Civil Democratic Islam created a great deal of controversy especially in fundamentalist circles; it recommends supporting Islamic secularists and reformers and is skeptical of the true agenda and inclinations of Islamists. She is a novelist and feminist author on topics including current events, women in nation-building, youth radicalization in the European Diaspora, and secularization pertaining to Islam. Benard received her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna and a B.A. from the American University of Beirut. She is the wife of Zalmay Khalilzad.
Has an entry in the International Movie Database: worked as a child actor in Austrian movies.
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- The Government of God: Iran's Islamic Republic (1984) (with Zalmay Khalilzad) ISBN 0-231-05376-2
- Wie aus Mädchen tolle Frauen werden. Selbstbewußtsein jenseits aller Klischees (2000) ISBN 3-453-17264-7
- Moghul Buffet (2000) ISBN 1-56947-179-7
- Turning on the Girls (2002) ISBN 0-7434-4291-1
- L'Inconnue de Peshawar (2002) ISBN 2-264-03224-3
- Einsame Cowboys. Jungen in der Pubertät (2002) ISBN 3-423-36295-2
- Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance (2002) ISBN 0-7679-1301-9
- Civil Democratic Islam: Partners, Resources, and Strategies (2004) ISBN 0-8330-3438-3
