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Women and Islam

Qur'an and Woman
by Amina Wadud

 

Faith and Freedom: Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World (Gender, Culture, Politics in the Middle East)
by Mahnaz Afkhami (editor)

 

Islam and Gender
by Ziba Mir-Hosseini

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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
by Leila Ahmad

 

Feminism and Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives
by Mai Yamani (editor)

 

Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society
by Fatima Mernissi

 

Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
by Fatima Mernissi

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The Forgotten Queens of Islam
by Fatima Mernissi

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The Veil and the Male Elite : A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
by Fatima Mernissi

 

Aishah the Beloved of Mohammed
by Nabia Abbott

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Remaking Women
by Lila Abu-Lughod (Editor)

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Arab Women : Between Defiance and Restraint
by Suha Sabbagh (editor)

 

Islam, Gender and Social Change
by Yvonne Haddad and
John Esposito (editors)

 

Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation
by Barbara Stowasser

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Women in Islam : An Anthology from the Quran and Hadith
by Nicholas Awde (Editor)

 

The Tao of Islam : A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought
by Sachiko Murata

 

Women, Muslim Society, and Islam
by Lois Lamya al-Faruqi

 

Fatima Is Fatima
by Ali Shariati

 

Feminists, Islam, and Nation
by Margot Badran

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Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist 1879-1924
by Huda Shaarawi
Margot Badran (editor)

 

Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing
by Margot Badran
Miriam Cooke (Editors)

 

Changed Identities: Challenge of the New Generation
by Mai Yamani

 

Women and the Holy Quran: A Sufi Perspective
by Lynn Wilcox

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Windows of Faith : Muslim Women Scholar-Activists in North America
by Gisela Webb (Editor) 

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Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature
by Miriam Cooke

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Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past
by D. A. Spellberg

 

Hermeneutics and Honor: Negotiating Female "Public" Space in Islamic/ate Societies
by Asma Afsaruddin (Editor)
Anan Ameri (Editor)

 

Women and Islamization: Contemporary Dimensions of Disourse on Gender Relations
by K. Ask (Editor)
Marit Tjomsland (Editor)

 

Women in Islam/from Medieval to Modern Times
by Wiebke Walther

 

Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis
by Haideh Moghissi

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Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case-Study
by Haleh Afshar

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