Women in the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam
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New entry in the Women and Gender History in Global Comparison series, this pamphlet discusses women in the Middle East since the rise of Islam in the early seventh century c.e., starting with the Near East before the rise of Islam, as many features of Islamic times arose not from Arabia but from pre-Islamic civilizations that were early conquered by Muslim armies. The change from a tribal society in Arabia to one with a state and written laws also altered the position of women. Their roles in the Middle East after the Islamic conquests reflected pre-Islamic Near Eastern and Arab cultures modified to meet the needs, laws, and customs of new Islamic states and societies as well as a variety of times, places, and religious and other ideas.
Nikkie R. Keddie is professor emerita of history, University of California at Los Angeles, has written numerous books and articles. Among her seven single-authored books are Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution, and An Islamic Response to Imperialism. Among her edited or coedited books are Women in Middle Eastern History and Women in the Muslim World. She was founding editor of the journal, Contention, and a selection of her work on women was published in 2004. Keddie graduated from Radcliff College and received a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. She has had numerous national fellowships and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her lifetime achievement awards include the Distinguished Scholar Award of the American Historical Association, the Mentoring Award of the Middle East Studies Association, and the Persian History Award of the Encyclopedia Iranica Foundation.
2007. 52 pagesISBN 0-87229-153-7
Women in the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam
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