Fatema Mernissi, the world-renowned Islamic feminist, has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East, in works hailed as "enchanting" "(The New York Times Book Review), " "exuberant" "(Elle), " and "remarkable" "(The Washington Post Book World)." Now, in "Scheherazade Goes Wes[...]
Sexual inequality is a prominent feature of both Western and Islamic societies, but the underlying concepts of female sexuality in Christian and Muslim traditions are very different. In this classic study, Fatema Mernissi argues that many Muslim scholars historically portrayed women as active and in[...]