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Nonfiction feminist works by Arab women from the Middle East or North Africa.

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1	Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 260 ratings score: 1,500, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World by Nawal El Saadawi 4.01 avg rating — 1,967 ratings score: 674, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy 4.17 avg rating — 5,027 ratings score: 671, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi 4.25 avg rating — 35,825 ratings score: 589, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam by Fatema Mernissi 3.96 avg rating — 1,229 ratings score: 585, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist by Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 466, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Palestinian Dissident by Sam Shoman 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi 3.92 avg rating — 6,575 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed 4.10 avg rating — 1,812 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal El Saadawi (Primary Contributor) 3.97 avg rating — 2,450 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924 by Huda Shaarawi 3.64 avg rating — 529 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	La femme sans sépulture by Assia Djebar 3.61 avg rating — 283 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist: The Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi by Anbara Salam Khalidi 3.87 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Anno 2020 by James Morcan (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society by Fatema Mernissi 3.67 avg rating — 1,085 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Essential Nawal El Saadawi: A Reader by Nawal El Saadawi 4.04 avg rating — 70 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey by Leila Ahmed 3.89 avg rating — 1,073 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 8,509 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Do Muslim Women Need Saving? by Lila Abu-Lughod 3.91 avg rating — 910 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Forgotten Queens of Islam by Fatema Mernissi 3.87 avg rating — 672 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East by Lila Abu-Lughod (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 123 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Food for Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists by Joanna Kadi 4.33 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing by Margot Badran (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	المرأة والجنس by Nawal El Saadawi 3.81 avg rating — 4,744 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	A Sister to Scheherazade by Assia Djebar 3.49 avg rating — 382 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar 3.54 avg rating — 1,023 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems by Fatema Mernissi 3.90 avg rating — 1,434 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging by Rabab Abdulhadi (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Unbounded by Huda Al-Ghoson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	ورقة تحت وسادة بغداد by Tammuz Sadooni (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi 4.66 avg rating — 5,335 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Children of the New World by Assia Djebar 3.71 avg rating — 563 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America by Leila Ahmed 3.96 avg rating — 405 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Nawal El Saadawi Reader by Nawal El Saadawi 4.06 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Nawal El Saadawi 3.96 avg rating — 403 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words by Nawal El Saadawi 3.96 avg rating — 179 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 14) by Nadje Al-Ali really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Islam and Democracy: Fear of the Modern World by Fatema Mernissi 3.84 avg rating — 218 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Feminism and Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives by Mai Yamani 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Women and Power in the Middle East by Suad Joseph (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Intimate Selving in Arab Families: Gender, Self, and Identity by Suad Joseph (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East by Suad Joseph (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Arab Feminisms: Gender and Equality in the Middle East by Jean Makdisi (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Min Fami: Arab Feminist Reflections on Identity, Space and Resistance (Inanna Publication, 0) by Ghadeer Malek (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes by Alya Mooro 3.76 avg rating — 687 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars