Forgotten Queens of Islam

by Fatema Mernissi

Book Overview

When Benazir Bhutto became prime minister of Pakistan in 1988, many claimed that it was a blasphemous assault on Islamic tradition since no Muslim state, critics alleged, had ever been governed by a woman. But Fatima Mernissi examined fifteen centuries of Islamic history and discovered that the critics were wrong. Recovering the stories of fifteen Islamic queens, this remarkable exploration tells how they ascended the throne, how they governed and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816624399
• ISBN13: 9780816624393
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"