Nazira Zeineddine: A Pioneer of Islamic Feminism (Makers of the Muslim World)
by Miriam Cooke
Makers of the Muslim World
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In 1928, a young Lebanese woman, Nazira Zeineddine al-Halabi, wrote a book called "Unveiling and Veiling", an indictment of patriarchal oppression in which she boldly stated that the veil was un-Islamic, directly challenging the teachings of wiser" male scholars. Considered by many an attack on Islam, it rocked the Muslim world and was banned by many clerics, although it quickly went into a second edition and was translated into several languages. In this latest addition to Makers of the show more Muslim World series, Miriam Cooke offers an intimate portrait of the life and work of this pioneering champion of Islamic feminism. show lessTags
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Miriam Cooke is Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University and author of several books, most recently Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official (2007) and Nazira Zeineddine: Biography of an Islamic Feminist Pioneer (2010).
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- HQ1170 .C665 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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