The Forgotten Queens Of Islam Paperback – July 30, 1997

Overall informative. I was expecting more personal stories about the individual women, instead this is more of a history book. Good to know there have been some strong women throughout the history of Islam.

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I needed it for class so it was average

The 1st part describes definitions of words like power, caliph, queen and harem and how these definitons exclude women from power. The 2nd part describes briefly some Islamic Queens. A chapter with the title "The Queens of Yemen" mainly describes the life and death of Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet, and the Shi'ite - Sunni controversy. The book concludes with some thoughts on a 'Medina democracy'.Although the book could have focussed more on actual Islamic Queens, it still is a rare book about an interesting, but hardly explored subject.