miriam cooke

Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature (Routledge, 2001)

This provocative monograph addresses the ways in which Arab women writers are using Islam to empower themselves, and theorizes the conditions that have made the appearance of these new voices possible. Published Reviews:
  • China Reading Weekly March 20, 2014
  • Muslimah Media Watch Jan 11, 2012
  • worldfeminism.com/percevalislam.htm 2004
  • renaissance.com.pk/octbore2y2.html
  • Feminist Theory August 2010 11/121
  • Qalandar, October 2003
  • WLT Spring 2002 (Booth)
  • International Federation for Research in Women’s History 2002
  • Journal of Arabic Literature, Summer 2002
  • American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 19/4 Winter 2002
  • AMEWS Review, Summer 2001
  • Choice, October 2001