TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roded,Ruth
TI  - Women in Islam and the Middle East: a reader 
AV  - HQ1170.R687.W664 1999 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Middle East
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic literature
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 2; The Quran : differing interpretation of the Divine Word --; The biography of the Prophet : women in battle --; Sayings of the Prophet : selective quotation --; Shii martyrology : the death of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet --; Historical biographies : a royal woman of the Umayyad Dynasty --; Chronicles : mother of Abbasid Caliphs --; An early legal compendium : purity, legal competence and property ownership --; The evidence of women : equality in marriage : a legal guide --; Theory of government : must visiers and judges be men? -- Rules for kings : regarding their wives : dangerous precedents --; Sufi hagiography : devout women --; Medieval learned women --; Women in court : economic transactions --; Property ownership : philanthropy and management : endowment documents --; Islamic views on sexuality --; Folk tales : Juha and his wife : Aisha and her husband --; Historical statistics on education --; Out of the harem : women's autobiographies --; An early public lecture on women's liberation --; The feminist movement --; The story of a contemporary woman mystic --; Neo-Islamic responses : Fatima empowered : a covenant for Islamic resistance --; Modern poetry : a daughter of the Galilee challenges men; 2
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