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A glimpse into the world of Islam and the women who have chosen to live behind the veil.
When Na'ima Robert abandoned her Western lifestyle and embraced Islam, it was not a decision taken lightly. Yet soon after she took the first tentative steps towards covering, she felt empowered. This is the compelling story of Na'ima's conversion to Islam.
"Raised in a progressive Muslim family in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains, where she attended a Catholic girls school, Daisy experienced culture shock when her family sent her to the States to attend high school in a mostly Jewish Long Island suburb. Ambitious and talente…
When Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, there were some who claimed that it was a blasphemous assault on Islamic tradition, since no Muslim state, they alleged, had ever been governed by a woman. In this extraordinary new book, Fatima Mernissi shows that t…
When Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, there were some who claimed that it was a blasphemous assault on Islamic tradition, since no Muslim state, they alleged, had ever been governed by a woman. In this extraordinary new book, Fatima Mernissi shows that t…
"Women in Islamic Biographical Collections: From Ibn Sa'd to Who's Who is a reprint of Professor Ruth Roded's groundbreaking 1994 study in which she surveys 40 bibliographical collections, dating from the 9th century to the present, investigating which type of Muslim woman schol…