muslim women

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To hell and back

the life of Samira Bellil
2008
A memoir of the author's adolescence in the dangerous streets of a Parisian suburb, covering her involvement with a neighborhood gang and subsequent gang rape before later filing charges and giving voice to the atrocious truths of the violence on the streets of Seine-Saint-Denis.

American Muslim women

negotiating race, class, and gender within the ummah
2009
An ethnographic study of American Muslim women that focuses on African-American and South Asian immigrant Muslims in Chicago and Atlanta and discusses how the two groups interact as well as confront race and class inequalities.

Blink

2002
Miriam, a Saudi Arabian princess who has fled her country to avoid an arranged marriage to the evil Omar bin Khali, meets Berkeley graduate student Seth Borders, who puts his ability to see glimpses of the future to work helping Miriam evade the minions Khali has sent to bring her back.

Women in Islam

the Ancient Middle East to modern times
1980
Examines the historical, social, and cultural roles of Islamic women in the Middle East, from ancient to modern times.

Women in the medieval Islamic world

power, patronage, and piety
1999
Contains twenty-three essays in which the authors examine the lives and influence of Muslim women in pre-modern times.

Blink of an Eye

2011
Seth Borders has one of the world's highest IQs. Now he's suddenly struck by an incredible power, the ability to see multiple potential futures. Then Seth stumbles upon Miriam, a beautiful Saudi Arabian princess who has fled her veiled existence to escape a forced marriage. Cultures collide as Seth and Miriam are thrown together and forced to run from forces determined to kidnap or kill Miriam. An intoxicating tale set amidst the shifting sands of the Middle East and the back roads of America, Blink engages issues as ancient as the earth itself, and as current as today's headlines.

Women and gender in Islam

historical roots of a modern debate
1992

Arab women

between defiance and restraint
1996
A collection of writings that analyze the lives, diverse roles, and challenges of Arab women.

Faith and freedom

women's human rights in the Muslim world
1995
Contains essays in which various scholars and activists examine issues related to the human rights of Muslim women.

Voices of resistance

Muslim women on war, faith, & sexuality
2006
A collection of writings in which Muslim women writers, poets, and visual artists attempt to redefine the stereotypical depictions of Muslim women in Western discourse.

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