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Women claim Islam : creating Islamic feminism through literature / Miriam Cooke.

By: Publication details: New York : Routledge , 2001.Description: xxix, 175 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415925541 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1170 .C75 2001
Summary: Women Claim Islam analyzes the stories and autobiographies of contemporary Muslim Arab women who have literally written themselves into the history of the twentieth century. This provocative collection addresses the ways in which Arab women today are using Islam to empower themselves, and theorizes the conditions that have made the appearance of these new voices possible.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HQ 1170 .C75 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 624643

Women Claim Islam analyzes the stories and autobiographies of contemporary Muslim Arab women who have literally written themselves into the history of the twentieth century. This provocative collection addresses the ways in which Arab women today are using Islam to empower themselves, and theorizes the conditions that have made the appearance of these new voices possible.

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