Cover of Women and gender in Islam

Women and gender in Islam

by Leila Ahmed

1993 304 pages eng

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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