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This collection consists of four reviews, mainly in the field of Muslim women studies. Three of these reviews that are listed under this collection are available on this site as PDF files. The forth is also available online as part of another website.
Please send your comments and suggestions to Dr. Nimat Hafez BARAZANGI: nhb2@cornell.edu.
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Book Review of: The Rights of Women in Islam by Asghar Ali Engineer
(Oxford University Press, 1994)Engineer's book though not unique in its purpose, the defense of women's rights in Islam, is different from other books that deal with the same subject in its approach to the "question of women." By attempting , in this ... -
Book Review of: Qur'an and Woman by Amina Wadud-Muhsin
(Oxford University Press, 1994)Wadud-Muhsin's book is a welcomed addition to Islamic studies scholarly work as well as to the list of readings in Women's Studies and Islamic Studies courses. The media and the popular culture literature in America and ... -
Book Review of: Claiming Our Rights: A Manual for Women's Human Rights Education in Muslim Societies by Mahnaz Afkhami and Haleh Vaziri
(Association for Middle East Womens Studies, 1997)The purpose of Claiming Our Rights: A Manual for Women's Human Rights Education in Muslim Societies by Mahnaz Afkhami and Haleh Vaziri (Bethesda, MD: Sisterhood Is Global Institute, 154 pp., 1996) is "to facilitate ... -
Book Review of: Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law: Equal Before Allah, Unequal Before Man? by Shaheen Sardar Ali
(Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy, 2003)The objective of this book is "to engage in a conceptual analysis of human rights in Islam and international law, and application of this analytical discourse to explore women's human rights in the Islamic tradition" (p.3). ...
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