BOOKS by Professor Leila Ahmed

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate more books like this

by Professor Leila Ahmed

This book presents an historical overview of women and gender in Islam. It is written from a feminist perspective, using the analytic tools of contemporary gender studies. The results of its investigations cast new light on the issues covered.

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A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey more books like this

by Professor Leila Ahmed

A memoir of growing up "post-colonial" in Cairo under the rule of Nasser, and the author's experiences at Cambridge in the '60s. Ahmed became a professor of women's studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the author of WOMEN AND GENDER IN ISLAM.

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Edward W. Lane: A Study of His Life and Works and of British Ideas of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century more books like this

by Professor Leila Ahmed

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