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This book questions the conventional wisdom of the Mediterranean Muslim woman as a passive victim of the tyranny of religion, society, and male relatives. These original essays build on a range of experiences from varied regions and periods--from medieval love poetry to popular literary sources and fatwas and legal analyses--bear witness to the fact that individual women of all social classes play pivotal roles in both the private and public realms of Arab society.Deguilhem, Randi is the author of 'Writing the Feminine Women in Arab Sources', published 2002 under ISBN 9781860646973 and ISBN 1860646972.
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