Hossein Kamaly

A History of Islam in 21 Women (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of Islam as never presented before

Khadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for five decades. In nineteenth-century Russia, Mukhlisa Bubi championed the rights of women and girls, and became the first Muslim woman judge in modern history. After the Gestapo took down a Resistance network in Paris, British spy Noor Inayat Khan found herself the only undercover radio operator left in that city. In this unique history, Hossein Kamaly celebrates the lives and achievements of twenty-one extraordinary women in the story of Islam, from the formative days of the religion to the present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786076328
• Artikelnr.: 56839257

Autorenporträt

Hossein Kamaly is a scholar of the Middle East, focusing on the history of ideas. He has taught at Barnard College and Columbia University, and is the author of God and Man in Tehran. He lives in Larchmont, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1  Khadija (ca. 560-619): The First Believer
2  Fatima (ca. 612-633): Prophet Muhammad's Flesh and Blood
3  Aisha (ca. 615-678): "Get Half of Your Religion From Her"
4  Rabia al-Adawiyya (ca. 717-801): The Embarrassment of Riches, and its
Discontents
5  Fatima of Nishapur (ca. 1000-1088): Keeper of the Faith
6  Arwa of Yemen (ca. 1050-1138): The Queen of Sheba Redux
7  Terken Khatun (ca. 1205-1281): Doing Well and Doing Good
8  Shajara'-al-Durr (d. 1257): Perils of Power, Between Caliphs and Mamluks
9  Sayyida al-Hurra of Tétouan (ca. 1492 -ca. 1560): The Free Queen
10  Pari Khanum (1548-1578): A Golden Link in the Safavid Chain of Command
11  Nur Jahan (1577-1645): Light of the World
12  Safiye Sultan (ca. 1550-ca. 1619): A Mother of Many Kings
13  Tajul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah (1612-1675): Diamonds Are Not Forever
14  Tahereh (ca. 1814-1852): Heroine or Heretic?
15  Nana Asmau (1793-1864): Jihad and Sisterhood
16  Mukhlisa Bubi (1869-1937): Educator and Jurist
17  Halidé Edip (ca. 1884-1964): Author of the New Turkey
18  Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944): The Anxiety of Belonging
19  Umm Kulthum (ca. 1904-1975): Lodestar of Union
20  Zaha Hadid (1950-2016): Curves in Glass and Concrete
21  Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017): The Princess of Mathematics
 
Afterword
Notes
Further Reading
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index