Schneider, Irene.

Women in the Islamic world : from earliest times to the Arab Spring / spine title : Women in the Islamic world. Irene Schneider ; translated from the German by Steven Rendall. - xv, 279 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The beginnings -- Theology and law -- Sexuality and love -- Literary reflections -- Women and power -- Domination on stage and in the wings -- Men have a degree above women -- Women in power -- Education and professions -- Muslim women in Germany.



9781558765733 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781558765740 (pbk. : alk. paper) RM89.74


Women in Islam.
Islamic law.
Islamic modernism.
Feminism--Islamic countries.