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

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

A world-renowned professor of Islamic studies, Amina Wadud has long been at the forefront of what she calls the 'gender jihad,' the struggle for justice for wom

Gender and Islam in Africa examines ways in which women in Africa are interpreting traditional Islamic concepts in order to empower themselves and their societi

In the first book to address the dilemma faced by Jordanian women in the workforce, Amira El-Azhary Sonbol delineates the constraints that exist in a number of