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Women and Gender in Islam

Historical Roots of a Modern Debate

by Leila Ahmed
Soneela Nankani
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A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation.
This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt during the modern era. The book includes a new foreword by Kecia Ali situating the text in its scholarly context and explaining its enduring influence.
"Ahmed's book is a serious and independent-minded analysis of its subject, the best-informed, most sympathetic and reliable one that exists today." —Edward W. Said
"Destined to become a classic. . . . It gives [Muslim women] back our rightful place, at the center of our histories." —Rana Kabbani, The Guardian

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    March 1, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781705231616
      • File size: 408601 KB
      • Duration: 14:11:15

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Soneela Nankani forthrightly presents this canonical text on Middle Eastern Arab women. For those who enjoy academic explorations of gender, identity, and nationalism, this is an exciting presentation of an insightful work. Nankani approaches the material with the steadiness of a lecturer. Her pace is measured and precise. She does use emphasis whenever possible to distinguish important points amid the considerable detail in the audiobook. And she embodies the strong feminist voice of the author herself. Listeners who prefer to take notes while being read to rather than reading will find it easy to do so. Nankani is an experienced narrator who makes this dense volume easier to access for nonacademics who are interested in the topic. M.R. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 26, 1993
      This survey examines the historical roots and contemporary condition of Islamic discourse on gender.

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