Book description
This collection of essays provides a greater understanding of the
history of the Gulf and the Arab world, as well as the history of Muslim
women. The result of a project aimed at finding sources and studying the
history of women in the region, the articles are presented thematically
and chronologically, starting with ancient history, and moving on to the
medieval, early modern and contemporary periods.
Amira El-Azhary Sonbol
specialises in the history of modern Egypt, Islamic history and law,
women, gender, and Islam and is the author of several books including
Women, the Family and Divorce Laws in Islamic History
and Beyond the Exotic
. Professor Sonbol is Editor-in-Chief of Hawwa: the Journal of Women
of the Middle East and the Islamic World
.
