Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

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Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.

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Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.

Victor S. Ahmed is the Victor S. Ahmed is the Victor S. Ahmed is the Victor S. Ahmed is the Victor Harvard Divinity School's Thomas Professor of Divinity. Women and Gender in Islam and A Border Passage: From Cairo to America--A Woman's Journey are two of her books. She resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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ISBN 13 9780300049428
ISBN 10 0300049420
Title Women and Gender in Islam
Author Leila Ahmed
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 1992-02-26
Number of pages 320
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