Women and Islam: A Pathfinder
November 07, 2002
by Sherry Sanderson,
Librarian,
Social Sciences Collection, Mid-Manhattan Library
Introduction
When looking for materials on women and Islam in the Library Catalog, try Muslim women and women in Islam. If you want to limit your search, you can add terms such as legal status, Qur'an, and social conditions. These can be used when doing a keyword subject search on LEO as well as when searching the Internet. Make sure to check whether the book you want is available and ask at the Information Desk for location. Most of the materials mentioned here are available at the History and Social Sciences Department at the Mid-Manhattan Library.
General
Encyclopaedia of Islam. New edition. H. A. R. Gibb et al, editors. Leiden: Brill, 1960- . REF 956.003 E (Special Collection)
Islam: Opposing Viewpoints. Paul A. Winters, editor. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1995. REF 320.5509 I
Islam: the Straight Path. 3rd edition. John L. Esposito. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 297 E
Islam in America. Jane I. Smith. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. 297.0973 S
Islam Online. www.islamonline.net/english/index.shtml
History
Emergence of Feminism among Indian Muslim Women, 1920-1947. Azra Asghar Ali. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000. REF 305.4208 A
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook. www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html
Women in Islam. Revised edition. Wiebke Walther. Princeton, NJ: M. Wiener Publishing, 1993. REF 305.4091 W
"Women in Islam" in Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan. www.hezb-e-islami.org
Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety. Gavin R.G. Hambly, editor. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 305.4869 W
Issues of Concern
Kamilat. (Addressing Quality-of-Life Issues Faced by Underserved Women and Their Families)
Unbowed: an Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism. Khalida Messaoudi. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. 965.0509 M
Muslim Women's League. www.mwlusa.org
Qur'an, the Hadith and Muslim Scholars
Encyclopedia of Muhammad's Women Companions and the Traditions they Related. Muhammad Hisham Kabbani and Laleh Bakhtiar. Chicago: ABC International Group, 1998. REF 297.648 K
The Place of Women in Pure Islam. M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton. 1996. (Text is available online) debate.domini.org/newton/womeng.html
Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective. 2nd edition. Amina Wadud. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 297.1228 W
Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation. Barbara Freyer Stowasser. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. 297.1228 S
Religion
Getting God's Ear: Women, Islam, and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Eleanor Abdella Doumato. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. 305.4209 D
Medicines of the Soul: Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam. Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. 297.082 M
Social Conditions
Both Right and Left Handed: Arab Women Talk about their Lives. Bouthaina Shaaban. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1991. 305.4869 S
Islam for Today. (Women in Islam) www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm
"Muslim Women" in The Islamic Garden. www.islamicgarden.com/page1050.html
Nawal El Saadawi Reader. Nawal Sa`dawi. New York: Zed Books, 1997. 305.4209 S
Price of Honor: Muslim Women lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World. Jan Goodwin. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. 305.4869 G
Women's Rights
Arab Women: between Defiance and Restraint. Suha Sabbagh, editor. New York: Olive Branch Press, 1996. 305.4209 A
Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt. Margot Badran. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. 305.4209 B
In Search of Islamic Feminism: one Woman's Global Journey. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea. New York: Doubleday, 1998. 305.4869 F
KARAMAH. Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. www.karamah.org
Muslim Family: a Study of Women's Rights in Islam. Tove Stang Dahl. Boston: Scandinavian University Press, 1997. 305.4862 D