Islamic Books/Women

Women

WONA 001 The Grandeur of Womanhood in Islam by Tahir Mahmood.: Reprinted from Islamic and Comparative Law Quarterly (March, 1986), this brief work dispels misconceptions about women and their rights under Islamic law.; PB 47 pp. $3.00
WOUT 002 Three Women of Herat by Veronica Doubleday.: Counteracting Western stereotypes, the author offers a perceptive account of the lives of three women in Afghanistan, which includes a riveting comparison of their situation following the Soviet invasion.; PB 256 pp. $14.95
WOUT 003 Stories by Iranian Women Since the Revolution compiled and tr. Soraya Paknazar Sullivan.: Stories by Iranian women that reflect the dual contexts of Persian literature and feminist studies.; PB 180 pp. $8.95
WOUT 004 Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence by Leila Abouzeid tr. Barbara Parmenter.: A feminist novel that is a literary statement in a modern realist style.; PB 129 pp. $8.95
WOUT 005 Middle Eastern Women Speak ed. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and Basima Qattan Bezirgan.: Rich and varied text relating a large range of experiences of women from across the Muslim world.; PB 452 pp. $14.95
WOUT 006 Women and the Family in the Middle East ed. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.: Redefines Muslim women and how they have responded to social transformations. Important work for those interested in family and gender relations in Islam today.; PB 368 pp. $11.95
WOUT 007 Women in the Middle East and North Africa: An Annotated Bibliography by Ayad Al-Qazzaz.: Contains over 200 entries on Middle Eastern women's studies.; PB 190 pp. $7.50
WOMN 008 Women Orients: Englishwoman and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality, Religion and Work by Billie Melman.: A fascinating study of two centuries of British women's travel to the Middle East that provides new perspectives towards understanding the history of colonialism.; HB 440 pp. $39.50
WOYL 009 Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed.: Traces the Islamic discourse on women and gender that has developed from ancient times to the present.; PB 320 pp. $19.50
WOYL 010 Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender ed. Nikki R. Keddie and Beth Baron.: Book reveals that gender boundaries in the Middle East are neither fixed nor immutable and offers a rich study of the diverse experiences of Muslim women from different places and eras.; HB 352 pp. $20.50
WOUH 011 Portraits of Palestinian Women by Orayib Aref Najjar.: Offers a look at lives of 14 Palestinian women who live in occupied territories and their experiences in their Arab communities.; HB 304 pp. $24.95
WOPN 012 Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied Territories by Joost R. Hiltermann.: HB 283 pp. $29.95
WOPN 013 Woman's Body, Woman's Word: Gender and Discourse in Arab-Islamic Writing by Fedwa Malti-Douglas.: HB 213 pp. $37.50; PB $12.95
WOIB 014 The Status of Women in Islam by Jamal A. Badawi.: Family, society and the whole of humankind are treated by Islam on an ethical basis. Differentiation in gender is neither a credit nor a drawback. Pamphlet briefly outlines the Islamic position on this issue.; PB 28 pp. $3.00
WOIB 015 The Muslim Woman's Dress by Jamal A. Badawi.: PB 12 pp. $3.00
WOMM 016 Women in Mughal in India by Rekha Misra.: This depicts the position of women, chiefly of aristocratic class of Mughal period, and society where women live in seclusion, and public references are avoided as far as possible.; HB 177 pp. $10.00
WOIP 017 Women's Flight by Rahmat Ali Chaudhri.: PB 304 pp. $5.00
WOIP 018 Purdah and the Status of Woman in Islam by S. Abul A'la Maududi.: This book helps to understand clearly the nature of the correct relationship between man and woman in the social life, and to appreciate the great design that Nature wills to fulfill through them on the earth.; PB 224 pp. $6.00
WOIP 019 Woman and Islam by Syed Jalal-ud-din Omri.: This book is based on authentic evidence gleaned from the Qur'an, Hadith and Sirah,; PB 103 pp. $4.00
WOIP 020 The Blessed Women of Islam by Muhammad Saeed Siddiqi.: In this book an attempt has been made to introduce sixty-two prominent Muslim ladies in a condensed form but with all the necessary information with regard to their life and history.; HB 195 pp. $5.50
WOIP 021 Woman and Islamic Law by Safia Iqbal.: This book aims to present the crisis faced by the modern woman in such a way as to preserve a balance between her past and her present, to trace her status before and during the Feminist Movement.; HB 316 pp. $8.00
WOIF 022 Muslim Women in the Midst of Change by Zakaria Bashier.: PB 33 pp. $4.50
WOIF 023 Women in Islam by B. Aisha Lemu Fatima Heren.: It provides every serious student of Islam with an opportunity to develop an understanding of Islam from those who stand within the Islamic tradition and who also have close contact with the European tradition.; PB 51 pp. $4.50
WOIP 024 Ideal Woman in Islam by Muhammad Imran.: PB 150 pp. $3.00
WOKZ 025 The Modest Status of Women In Islam by Muhammad Saeed Siddiqi.: HB 250 pp. $8.00
WOAD 026 Women In Islam by M. Mazheruddin Siddiqi.: In this book the author has ably tried to show how Islamic injunction in regard to the regulation of sex and family life can be adapted to modern conditions without departing from the principles underlying them.; HB 160 pp. $5.00
WOAD 027 Wives of the Holy Prophet by Fida Husain Malik.: This book assess the true position to reader of the beauty and purpose underlying the Prophet's matrimonial alliances.; HB 145 pp. $3.00
WOAD 028 Women's Rights in Islam by Muhammad Sharif Chaudhry.: This book deals with the rights granted to Woman by the great religion Al-Islam. Her rights pertaining to marriage, dower, divorce, maintenance, inheritance, ownership of property, earning of livelihood, acquisition of education etc., have been discussed.; HB 204 pp. $8.00
WOIP 801 Leadership of Woman in the Light of Qur'an and Sunnah by Mrs. Safia Iqbal.: PB 43 pp. $3.00
WOIB 802 Position of Woman in Islam by Khurshid Ahmad and Nuzhat Afza.: PB 40 pp. $5.00
WOIP 803 Does Purdah Impede National Progress? by Parveen Rizvi.: PB 10 pp. $3.00
WOII 804 Why a Modest Dress?: PB 45 pp. $3.00
WOMO 806 Sultan Raziya: Her Life and Times by Jamila Brijbhushan.: This book seeks to set in proper perspective the personality and role of Sultan Raziya.; HB 165 pp. $18.00
WOKB 807 Women in Muslim Society by N. M. Shaikh.: What is the role of a Muslim woman in Society? What are her duties and rights? What status does she enjoy in Muslim Society? All such questions have been discussed in detail in this book.; HB 160 pp. $6.00
WOPS 808 Women and Social Justice by Anis Ahmad.: Some legal and social issues in contemporary Muslim Society.; PB 128 pp. $6.00
WOAD 809 Islam Forbids Free Mixing of Men and Women by Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi.: Attempts to present the true position of the sexes in Islam and their mutual relationship and role in society.; HB 164 pp. $5.00
WOII 810 Daughters of the Holy Prophet by S. M. Madni Abbasi.: PB 58 pp. $3.00
WOPS 811 Muslim Women and Higher Education by Anis Ahmad.: A case for separate institutions for women.; PB 95 pp. $5.00
WOTJ 812 Women in Islam by Sayyid Abdullah Saif Al-Hatimy.: A comparative study.; PB 152 pp. $3.00
WOUB 813 Roles of Women in Muslim Countries ed. by Man Singh Das.: This volume contains original scientific articles about the changing roles of women in developing countries of Middle East.; HB 205 pp. $18.00
WOCR 814 Islam and the Muslim Woman Today by Maryam Jameelah.: PB 48 pp. $3.00
WOMA 815 Heroic Deeds of Muslim Women by Syed Sulaiman Nadvi.: PB 31 pp. $3.00
WONA 816 Status of Women in Islam by S. Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.: PB 20 pp. $3.00
WOIF 817 Women in Islam and Muslim Society by Hasan Turabi.: PB 48 pp. $6.00
WOSY 818 Women In Muslim Family Law John L. Esposito.: A welcome addition to the study of women and Islam. It deals with the subject of Islam in classical and modern times, the four different schools of Islamic Law, and how these affect Muslim women.; PB 170 pp. $13.95
WOTA 821 Womens Rights in Islam Sara Sharif.: Written in a concise manner with reference to the Holy Qur'an and the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad.; PB 16 pp. $3.00
WOTA 822 Women Of Madina Ibn Said.: PB $18.00
WOTA 823 The Muslim Woman's Handbook Huda Khattab.: A manual dealing with all aspects of the Muslim woman's daily life. A book that every Muslim woman should read and keep near at hand at all times.; PB 72 pp. $6.25
WOIC 824 Woman Between Islam and Western Society Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.: The status of woman in Islam is the same as that of man. Injunctions about honor and respect enjoined for one sex are enjoined equally for the other sex. So far as rights in this world and rewards in the Hereafter are concerned, their is no difference between the sexes. In the organization of daily living, both are equal participants and partners. Yet Islam sees man as man and woman as woman and, considering the natural differences, it advocates the principle of the division of labor between the two sexes rather than the equality of labor.; PB 250 pp. $8.00
WOTA 825 The Mothers of Three Prophets Jamila Jones.: PB $3.75
WOTA 826 Women in the Qur'an and the Sunnah A. Rahman I. Doi: PB 32 pp. $3.00
WOIP 827 Status of Women in Islam by Justice Aftab Hussain: HB $25.00
WOMM 828 The Question of Dress by Sayyid Abul Aala Maududi: PB 30 pp. $3.00
WOIT 830 Motherhood In Islam By Aliah Schleifr: PB $16.95
WOTA 831 Women in Shar'ah By Abdur Rahman I. Doi: PB $15.00

WOHU 832 Daughters of Another Faith: Experiences of American Women choosing Islam By Carol L. Amway: This book will touch the hearts of American born women who have converted to Islam Written by a Christian mother, this book tells the story of a mother’s heartache & struggle to maintain a relationship with her newly converted daughter.; PH $13.95

WOOX 833 Islam, Gender, and Social Change ed. by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and John L. Espositio: The essays collected in thisbook place this issure in its historical context and offer case studies of Muslim societies from North Africa to Southeast Asia. Taken together, the essays reveal the wide variety that exists among Muslim societies and believes, and the complexity of the issues under consideration.; PB 304 pp. $17.95

WOTA 834 Feminism & Muslim Women by Sajda Nazlee

PB 78 pp. $9.00