Full name: Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society

Author: Fatima Mernissi Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780253204233 0253204232

"Required reading... " --Elizabeth Fernea, The University of Texas at Austin"If a reader were to select only one book in order to gain insight into women's status and prospects in Islamic society, this study should be the one chosen for its clarity, honesty, depth of knowledge and thought-provoking qualities." --Arab Book WorldIn this expanded and updated edition, with a new introduction on Muslim women and fundamentalism, Mernissi argues that Islamic fundamentalism is in part a defense against recent changes in sex roles and perceptions of sexual identity. Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015) was a leading advocate for women’s rights in the Muslim world. In 2003, she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature along with Susan Sontag. Mernissi’s works have been translated into thirty languages. Similar books: Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed The Veil and the Male Elite by Fatima Mernissi Price of Honor by Jan Goodwin The Forgotten Queens of Islam by Fatima Mernissi The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Islam and the West by Bernard Lewis Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks Islam and Dhimmitude by Bat Ye'or The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr The Legacy of Jihad by Andrew G. Bostom Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali The Two Faces of Islam by Stephen Schwartz A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus The Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis A God Who Hates by Wafa Sultan