Women Claim Islam

This provocative collection addresses the ways in which Arab women writers are using Islam to empower themselves, and theorizes the conditions that have made the appearance of these new voices possible. Chapter 1 Arab Women’s Literary History; Chapter 2 In Search of Mother Tongues; Chapter 3 Reviewing Beginnings; Chapter 4 A Muslim Sister; Chapter 5 Multiple Critique; Chapter 6 Changing the Subject; Conclusion Conclusion;