A History of Islam in 21 Women
Hossein Kamaly
Paperback
9781786078780
Beginning in seventh-century Mecca and Medina, A History of Islam in 21 Women takes us around the globe, through eleventh-century Yemen and Khorasan, and into sixteenth-century Spain, Istanbul and India. From there to nineteenth-century Persia and the African savannah, to twentieth-century Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq, before arriving in present-day Europe and America. From the first believer, Khadija, and the other women who witnessed the formative years of Islam, to award-winning architect Zaha Hadid in the twenty-first century, Hossein Kamaly celebrates the lives and groundbreaking achievements of these extraordinary women in the history of Islam.
Contents:
1. Khadija (ca. 560-619): The First Believer
2. Fatima (ca. 612-633): Prophet Muhammad’s Flesh and Blood
3. Aisha (ca. 615-678): “Get Half of Your Religion From Her”
4. Rabia al-Adawiyya (ca. 717-801): The Embarrassment of Riches, and its Discontents
5. Fatima of Nishapur (ca.1000-1088): Keeper of the Faith
6. Arwa of Yemen (ca 1050-1138): The Queen of Sheba Redux
7. Terken Hatun (ca.1205-1281): Doing Well and Doing Good
8. Shajara’-al-Durr (d. 1257) Perils of Power, Between Caliphs and Mamluks
9. Sayyida al-Hurra of Tétouan (ca.1492-ca.1560): The Free Queen
10. Pari Khanum (1548-1578): A Golden Link in the Safavid Chain of Command
11. Nur Jahan (1577-1645): Light of the World
12. Safiye Sultan (ca.1550-ca.1619): A Mother of Many Kings
13. Tajul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah (1612-1675)
14. Tahereh (ca. 1814-1852): Heroine or Heretic?
15. Nana Asmau (1793-1864): Jihad and Sisterhood
16. Mukhlisa Bubi (1869-1937): Educator and Jurist
17. Halidé Edip (ca. 1884-1964): Author of the New Turkey
18. Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944): The Anxiety of Belonging
19. Umm Kulthum (ca. 1904-1975): Lodestar of Union
20. Haha Hadid (1950-2016): Curves in Glass and Concrete
21. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017): The Princess of Mathematics