Author: Aisha Bewley
Binding: Paperback
Printing: One Color
Pages: 65
Size: 8.25 x 6 x 0.25
Full Description: The Book
“Reading historical sources throughout the centuries of Islamic history, we find lots and lots of women active in all areas of life, and then suddenly it stops. What happened? How and why have things changed in the last three hundred years to the extent that it is unusual to find women involved in Islamic sciences and, unlike in the past, very few Muslim men would even consider being taught by a Muslim woman? This is a phenomenon which requires indepth research. It is time to re-examine the sources and re-assess how Muslim women in the past acted so that we can escape the limiting perspectives which have come to be the norm. To this end, we will examine three perspectives: the Scholarly Woman, the Political Woman, and the Spiritual Woman.”
The Author
Aisha Abdurrahman at-Tarjumma Bewley is one of today’s most prolific translators of classical Arabic works into English. Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but also she is aware of the basic meanings and nature of the teachings and history of Islam. Being herself a Muslim, Aisha Bewley’s knowledge is born of experience and direct transmission, not simply academic theory and learning by rote. For more than thirty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of many classical works in Arabic more accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time, including The Noble Qur’an, Al-Muwatta’ of Imam Malik, The Foundations of Islam and Ash-Shifa’ of Qadi ‘Iyad and the Tabaqat of Ibn Sa’d.
Net Weight (LB): 0.26
Edition: 1999
Publication Year: 2009
Shipping Weight (LB): 1
ISBN-13: 9781897940754
Publisher: Ta-Ha Publishers LTD
Warning: This book is printed in India and does not match the original quality of the Publisher. This is a second quality print to reduce the printing cost and make it affordable. If you are looking for orginal publisher printed books then please do not buy this. There might be some stains or marks on book cover as they are packaged and shipped from India, but these are new and unused books.