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HoP 192 - The Stronger Sex - Women Scholars and Islam

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Politicized Muslim Women Intellectuals

Egyptian thinker Ayesha Abdara-Man published under the pen named Bint Ashati. She's apparently the first woman ever to have produced extensive exegesis of the Quran. But she was not in the business of citing revelation to promote women's liberation, writes Frida Ghitis.

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