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In a language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Ahmed tells a moving tale of her Egyptian ... More

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What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of ... More

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"Daughters of Another Path" is a true story of a daughter, raised in a Christian home, who broke away from tradition by choosing the path of Islam, ... More

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The author of Emma's War offers a compelling account of the link between Muslim women's rights, Islamist opposition to the West, and the Global War ... More

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Hypatia--brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty--was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in ... More

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A rare feminist perspective on a people and a culture in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, Nadia, Captive of Hope is the autobiography ... More

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In this extraordinary and moving book, journalist Gehrke-White provides a rare, revealing look into the hearts, minds, and everyday lives of Muslim ... More

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After graduating from university, Willow Wilson, a young American - and newly converted Muslim - impulsively accepts a teaching position in Cairo. ... More

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Muslim American women are the subject of endless discussions regarding their role in society, their veils as symbols of oppression or of freedom, ... More

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As featured on CNN and NPR's "Fresh Air": the controversial book that reveals what life is like inside the Nation of Islam--a culture previously ... More

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The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western perceptions of Islamic women ... More

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"Le temoignage de deux musulmanes francaises"--Cover.

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These essays by leading Islamic women scholars in North America give voice to and are evidence of the growing network of Muslim women involved with ... More

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In the eyes of many Westerners, Muslim women are hidden behind a veil of negative stereotypes that portray them as either oppressed, subservient ... More

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The Princess Trilogy consists of Princess, A True Story; Princess Sultana's Daugthers; and Princess Sultana's Circle. Sultana is a Saudi Arabian ... More

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The haunting sequel to "Princess" recounts Princess Sultana's story of her two daughters, growing up within and rebelling against religious zeal and ... More

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In the eyes of many Westerners, Muslim women are hidden behind a veil of negative stereotypes that portray them as either oppressed, subservient ... More

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Vivid, engrossing, startling--this sure-fire bestseller evokes America in the thirties and forties while telling a post-war Cinderella-like tale of ... More

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A history of women in Egyptian society as seen through the lens of prescriptive biographies of famous women, published in popular magazines and ... More

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Between 1892 and 1920 nearly thirty Arabic periodicals by, for, and about women were produced in Egypt for circulation throughout the Arab world. In ... More

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El prop sito de este estudio es destacar algunos aspectos hist ricos sobresalientes de la condici n de la mujer en las sociedades isl micas. No se ... More

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From the time of Muhammad to the present day, women have played an important role in the development of Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam. In ... More

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A history of women in Egyptian society as seen through the lens of prescriptive biographies of famous women, published in popular magazines and ... More

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