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Muslim Women edited by Freda Hussain.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1984.Description: 232 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0312555865
Uniform titles:
  • English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 1170 .M847 1984
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Oman Library Women's Collection HQ 1170 .M847 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30347000016959

Includes bibliographies and index. Contents: Introduction: the ideal and contextual realities of Muslim women / Freda Hussain -- The status of women in early Islam / Barbara Freyer Stowasser -- The Islamic revolution and women / Freda Hussain and Kamelia Radwan -- Roles in transition / Debbie J. Gerner -- The literary treatment of women in North Africa / Anne-Marie Nisbet -- Early feminist movements in Turkey and Egypt / Leila Ahmed -- A traditional ceremony in an Islamic milieu in Malaysia / Heather Strange -- Islam and the legal status of women in Tunisia / Norma Salem -- Female education in Egypt / Hind A. Khattab and Syeda Greiss el-Daeiff -- The struggle of women in the national development of Pakistan / Freda Hussain -- Lessons from fieldwork in the Sudan / Carolyn Fleuhr-Lobban.

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