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ISBN13: 9780809425464 ISBN10: 0809425467 Material Type: hardcover

The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam Street Photography Using historical informationThe Scimitar and the Veil portrays over thirty extraordinary Muslim women from the birth of Islam through the 19th century. From scholars to warriors to concubines and queens, The Scimitar and the Veil gathers scholarship about the women of Islam into one fascinating book presented for a general readership. Based on sources ranging from Swahili lore to Persian pageant plays to Muslim feminist writings to the explorations of Western scholars of Islam,