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Ahmed Leila

Ahmed Leila - Women And Gender In Islam Historical Roots Of A Modern Debate - Paperback

Ahmed Leila - Women And Gender In Islam Historical Roots Of A Modern Debate - Paperback

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Description: 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 is now reissued as a Veritas paperback with 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
Title: Women And Gender In Islam Historical Roots Of A Modern Debate
Author(s): Ahmed Leila
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300257311
Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Date: 3/16/2021
Series: Veritas Paperbacks
Category: Islamic Studies
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