Reading List

Women in Islam


Abu-Lughod, Lila. Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East. Princeton University Press, 1998.

Ahmed, Laila. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. Yale University Press, 1992.

Al-Khattab, Huda. Bent Rib - Women’s Issues in Islam. Ta Ha Publishers, 1997.

Bakhtiar, Laleh. Sufi Women of America: Angels in the Making. Kazi Publications, 1996.

Barlas, Asma. Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an. University of Texas, 2002.

Bewley, Aisha. Islam: The Empowering of Women. Ta Ha Publishers, 1999.

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck et al. Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. Oxford University Press, 2006.

Hasan, Asma Gull. Why I am a Muslim: An American Odyssey. Element, 2004.

Heath, Jennifer. The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam. Paulist Press, 2004.

Kahf, Mohja. Western Representations of Muslim Women. University of Texas Press, 1999.

 

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