Gender in Islamic Cultures
1. 
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
by:
Asma Barlas
4.26 avg rating β 1,386 ratings 
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The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
by:
Fatema Mernissi
3.96 avg rating β 1,286 ratings 
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Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist 4.21 avg rating β 28 ratings
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by:
Jenny Nordberg
4.11 avg rating β 13,994 ratings 7. 
Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective
by:
Amina Wadud
4.23 avg rating β 2,312 ratings 
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A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America
by:
Leila Ahmed
3.98 avg rating β 399 ratings 
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Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran
by:
Minoo Moallem
3.65 avg rating β 17 ratings 
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Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject
by:
Saba Mahmood
4.16 avg rating β 1,006 ratings 14. 
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Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence
by:
Kecia Ali
4.10 avg rating β 512 ratings 16. 
Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait
by:
Mohamad Jebara
4.48 avg rating β 566 ratings 17. 
Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems
by:
Fatema Mernissi
3.90 avg rating β 1,370 ratings 
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Women in the Mosque: A History of Legal Thought and Social Practice 4.25 avg rating β 8 ratings
20. 
Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing
by:
Margot Badran
4.21 avg rating β 106 ratings 
22. 
Beyond Feminism and Islamism: Gender and Equality in North Africa
by:
Doris Gray
3.86 avg rating β 7 ratings 23. 
Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations
by:
Samar Habib
4.14 avg rating β 28 ratings 
25. 
Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition
by:
Lena Larsen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 7 ratings 25. 
Islamic Gender Apartheid: Exposing a Veiled War Against Women
by:
Phyllis Chesler
4.11 avg rating β 9 ratings 27. 
Secular and Islamic Feminist Critiques in the Work of Fatima Mernissi (Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World, 9)
by:
Raja Rhouni
3.55 avg rating β 11 ratings 28. 
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Mapping Arab Women's Movements: A Century of Transformations from Within 4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings
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Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity 4.15 avg rating β 682 ratings
31. 
Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging
by:
Rabab Abdulhadi
4.47 avg rating β 62 ratings 32. 
Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender
by:
Nikki R. Keddie
3.62 avg rating β 29 ratings 
34. 
Encountering the Transnational: Women, Islam and the Politics of Interpretation 0.00 avg rating β 0 ratings
35. 
Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
by:
Lila Abu-Lughod
3.98 avg rating β 117 ratings 36. 
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, 6 Volume Set
by:
Suad Joseph
4.33 avg rating β 3 ratings 36. 
The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought
by:
Sachiko Murata
4.22 avg rating β 227 ratings 36. 
Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists of North America
by:
Gisela Webb
3.74 avg rating β 27 ratings 36. 
A Few Hidden Truths: Islam and Indonesian Democracy in The Age of Terror really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 4 ratings
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Min Fami: Arab Feminist Reflections on Identity, Space and Resistance
by:
Ghadeer Malek
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 21 ratings 
42. 
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
by:
Nawal El Saadawi
4.01 avg rating β 1,764 ratings 45. 
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Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis
by:
Monia Hejaiej
3.87 avg rating β 30 ratings 45. 
Intimate Selving in Arab Families: Gender, Self, and Identity
by:
Suad Joseph
3.50 avg rating β 12 ratings 48. 
A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia 3.95 avg rating β 114 ratings
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Women, Islam, and Identity: Public Life in Private Spaces in Uzbekistan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings
48. 
Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East
by:
Suad Joseph
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 17 ratings 
52. 
Women and the City, Women in the City: A Gendered Perspective to Ottoman Urban History
by:
Nazan Maksudyan
4.67 avg rating β 3 ratings 52. 
Arab Feminisms: Gender and Equality in the Middle East
by:
Jean Makdisi
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 2 ratings 55. 
Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim Societies 2.86 avg rating β 7 ratings
55. 
Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia: Disputing the Muslim Body (Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series) 4.33 avg rating β 3 ratings
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May Her Likes Be Multiplied: Biography and Gender Politics in Egypt
by:
Marilyn Booth
3.40 avg rating β 5 ratings 58. 
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims 3.95 avg rating β 79 ratings
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Psychosocial Aspects of Niqab Wearing: Religion, Nationalism and Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina
by:
Nina Bosankic
3.50 avg rating β 2 ratings 63. 
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
by:
Mona Eltahawy
4.16 avg rating β 4,829 ratings 66. 
Sexuality in Muslim Contexts: Restrictions and Resistance
by:
Anissa HΓ©lie
3.89 avg rating β 9 ratings 
68. 
Development, Change, and Gender in Cairo: A View from the Household
by:
Diane Singerman
3.50 avg rating β 2 ratings 68. 
Infertility and Patriarchy: The Cultural Politics of Gender and Family Life in Egypt
by:
Marcia C. Inhorn
4.10 avg rating β 10 ratings 68. 
The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman: Paths to Conversion
by:
Anabel Inge
4.41 avg rating β 32 ratings 71. 
Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality, 850 - 1780 A.D.
by:
Samar Habib
3.70 avg rating β 10 ratings 71. 
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Civil Society and Women Activists in the Middle East: Islamic and Secular Organizations in Egypt
by:
Wanda Krause
4.75 avg rating β 4 ratings 73. 
Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: The Legacy of Κ»AΚΌisha bint Abi Bakr 3.78 avg rating β 45 ratings
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Jamaat-e-Islami Women in Pakistan: Vanguard of a New Modernity?
by:
Amina Jamal
4.75 avg rating β 4 ratings 73. 
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Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam: Leaders, feminists, Sufis and pesantren selves (ASAA Women in Asia Series)
by:
Bianca J. Smith
0.00 avg rating β 0 ratings 77. 
Veiled Figures: Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism
by:
Teresa Heffernan
did not like it 1.00 avg rating β 1 rating 
79. 
Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith
by:
Afdhere Jama
3.86 avg rating β 21 ratings 79. 
Faith and Freedom: Womenβs Human Rights in the Muslim World
by:
Mahnaz Afkhami
4.25 avg rating β 8 ratings 82. 
Women, Gender and Language in Morocco (Women and Gender, 1)
by:
Fatima Sadiqi
4.40 avg rating β 5 ratings 82. 
Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling
by:
Hamideh Sedghi
3.90 avg rating β 20 ratings 
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Women, Islamisms, and the State: Contemporary Feminism in Egypt
by:
Azza M. Karam
3.25 avg rating β 4 ratings 86. 
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Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia
by:
Anne Rasmussen
4.20 avg rating β 10 ratings 87. 
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon
by:
Lara Deeb
3.88 avg rating β 226 ratings 
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The New Woman in Uzbekistan: Islam, Modernity, and Unveiling under Communism
by:
Marianne Kamp
4.27 avg rating β 52 ratings 89. 
92. 
Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society
by:
Lila Abu-Lughod
3.99 avg rating β 1,445 ratings 
92. 
Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
by:
Fatema Mernissi
3.65 avg rating β 1,032 ratings 95. 
Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature
by:
Miriam Cooke
3.67 avg rating β 39 ratings 
98. 
Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'ArabΔ«, Gender, and Sexuality
by:
Sadiyya Shaikh
4.27 avg rating β 56 ratings 98. 
Control and Sexuality: The Revival of Zina Laws in Muslim Contexts really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 3 ratings
