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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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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 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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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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The dramatic and inspiring account of two generations of female flyers who broke out of traditional gender roles while breaking the sound barrier. of ... More

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The chief Olympics correspondent for the "New York Times" takes a compelling look at the women who won the World Cup Soccer Match in 1999. He places ... More

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An award-winning "New York Times" sportswriter profiles the U.S. World Cup champion women's soccer team, with revealing portraits of the key players ... More

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America's first female secret agents were debutantes, Ivy Leaguers, wives of wealthy men, and movie stars. Bravely answering their country's call, ... 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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A luminous journey through the exotic Egypt of a woman's mind and heart.

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Born in a small river town in the largely Muslim province of Sandzak, Munevera Hadzisehovic grew up in an area sandwiched between the Orthdox ... More

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Born in a small river town in the largely Muslim province of Sandzak, Munevera Hadzisehovic grew up in an area sandwiched between the Orthdox ... 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 second part of El Saadawi's autobiography - destined to become another classic by the prolific author.

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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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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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Challenging recent scholarship, Al-Ali explores anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented women's activism in Egypt.

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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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The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who ruled Egypt for 300 years, Cleopatra is the most famous of the Ptolemaic queens. But what of her predecessors? ... More

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In Crossing Cairo, Rabbi Ruth Sohn has written an exceptional family portrait of the experience of living in Egypt with her husband and children. ... 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 "Wall Street Journal" reporter who is also a Muslim unwed mother goes undercover on the Hajj, reflecting on the history and progress of women in ... More

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"Important, brave and necessary". (Naomi Wolf). As political change sweeps the streets and squares, parliaments and presidential palaces of the Arab ... More

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