{"product_id":"a-history-of-islam-in-21-women","title":"A History of Islam in 21 Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eKhadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for five decades. In nineteenth-century Russia, Mukhlisa Bubi championed the rights of women and girls, and became the first Muslim woman judge in modern history. After the Gestapo took down a Resistance network in Paris, British spy Noor Inayat Khan found herself the only undercover radio operator left in that city. In this unique history, Hossein Kamaly celebrates the lives and achievements of twenty-one extraordinary women in the story of Islam, from the formative days of the religion to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eHossein Kamaly is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Hartford Seminary. A scholar of the Middle East, focusing on the history of ideas, he has previously taught at Barnard College and Columbia University, and is the author of God and Man in Tehran. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e‘Here in all their gutsy glory are women whose voices have not received the prominence that is their due within the story of Islam… A History of Islam in 21 Women is an act of reclamation on several fronts. For Muslim women, it provides an empowering and exhilarating genealogy of strong forebears whom they can connect to their contemporary journeys of empowerment. For Western readers, it exposes the untruths that have characterized Muslim women as deferential beings in need of rescue.'  New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Resurrecting a history that has been repeatedly bludgeoned, exploited and buried.'- Middle East Eye\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This book takes readers on a thrilling journey into the lives of twenty-one women in Islamic history. In tightly written, lucid, and highly readable chapters, Kamaly offers an informative and rich survey of some of the key women who crafted and shaped the history of Islam from its very foundations to our modern age. This book is a rich source for any reader interested in the history of Islam, and it should be required reading in any introductory course on Muslims and their religion or culture.'- Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law, UCLA School of Law\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1  Khadija (ca. 560-619): The First Believer\u003cbr\u003e2  Fatima (ca. 612-633): Prophet Muhammad's Flesh and Blood\u003cbr\u003e3  Aisha (ca. 615-678): \"Get Half of Your Religion From Her”\u003cbr\u003e4  Rabia al-Adawiyya (ca. 717-801): The Embarrassment of Riches, and its Discontents\u003cbr\u003e5  Fatima of Nishapur (ca. 1000-1088): Keeper of the Faith\u003cbr\u003e6  Arwa of Yemen (ca. 1050-1138): The Queen of Sheba Redux\u003cbr\u003e7  Terken Khatun (ca. 1205-1281): Doing Well and Doing Good\u003cbr\u003e8  Shajara'-al-Durr (d. 1257): Perils of Power, Between Caliphs and Mamluks\u003cbr\u003e9  Sayyida al-Hurra of Tétouan (ca. 1492 -ca. 1560): The Free Queen\u003cbr\u003e10  Pari Khanum (1548-1578): A Golden Link in the Safavid Chain of Command\u003cbr\u003e11  Nur Jahan (1577-1645): Light of the World\u003cbr\u003e12  Safiye Sultan (ca. 1550-ca. 1619): A Mother of Many Kings\u003cbr\u003e13  Tajul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah (1612-1675): Diamonds Are Not Forever\u003cbr\u003e14  Tahereh (ca. 1814-1852): Heroine or Heretic?\u003cbr\u003e15  Nana Asmau (1793-1864): Jihad and Sisterhood\u003cbr\u003e16  Mukhlisa Bubi (1869-1937): Educator and Jurist\u003cbr\u003e17  Halidé Edip (ca. 1884-1964): Author of the New Turkey\u003cbr\u003e18  Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944): The Anxiety of Belonging\u003cbr\u003e19  Umm Kulthum (ca. 1904-1975): Lodestar of Union\u003cbr\u003e20  Zaha Hadid (1950-2016): Curves in Glass and Concrete\u003cbr\u003e21  Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017): The Princess of Mathematics\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67715186491712,"sku":"44365","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/6664\/7616\/files\/a-history-of-islam-in-21-women-72.jpg?v=1791328991","url":"https:\/\/jarirbooksusa.com\/products\/a-history-of-islam-in-21-women","provider":"Jarir Books USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}