Women and Islam

128 Pages·1982·9.235 MB·English

by  Azizah al-Hibri

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First edition 1982
Published as a special issue of the journal Women’s
Studies International Forum Volume 5, Number 2 and
supplied to subscribers as part of their normal subscrip-
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CONTENTS
Editorial Vil
AZIZAH AL-HIBRI
Eve: Islamic image of woman 135
JANE I. SMITH and YVONNE Y. HADDAD
Women in mystical Islam 145
ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL
Feminism and feminist movements in the Middle-East, a
preliminary exploration: Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, People’s
Democratic Republic of Yemen 153
LEILA AHMED
Islamic law in contemporary North Africa: a study of the laws
of divorce in the Maghreb 169
KENNETH JAN DORPH
Virginity and patriarchy 183
FATIMA MERNISSI
Woman and Islam 193
NAWAL EL SAADAWI
A study of Islamic herstory: or how did we ever get into
this mess? 207
AZIZAH AL-HIBRI
Removing the veil and veiling mal
NAZIRAH ZEIN ED-DIN
Women and social change in the muslim Arab world 227
ALYA BAFFOUN
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