Arab feminism (46 books)

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) 4.22 avg rating — 257 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 — 1,831 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 — 4,909 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 4.23 avg rating — 29,934 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 3.97 avg rating — 1,316 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 4.17 avg rating — 29 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 Fatima Mernissi 3.91 avg rating — 6,256 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 4.11 avg rating — 1,767 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	Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist, 1879-1924 by Huda Shaarawi هدى شعراوي 3.67 avg rating — 420 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
11	La femme sans sépulture by Assia Djebar 3.63 avg rating — 252 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
12	Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist: The Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi by عنبرة سلام الخالدي 3.88 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
13	Anno 2020 by James Morcan (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 36 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
14	Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society by Fatema Mernissi 3.66 avg rating — 1,055 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
15	A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey by Leila Ahmed 3.88 avg rating — 1,062 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
16	Memoirs from the Women's Prison by Nawal El Saadawi (Primary Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 2,333 ratings score: 190, 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	Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 8,253 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
18	Do Muslim Women Need Saving? by Lila Abu-Lughod 3.93 avg rating — 847 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
19	Forgotten Queens of Islam by Fatema Mernissi 3.84 avg rating — 616 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
20	Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East by Lila Abu-Lughod (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 118 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
21	Food for Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists by Joanna Kadi 4.34 avg rating — 107 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
22	Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing by Margot Badran (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 105 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
23	المرأة والجنس by Nawal El Saadawi 3.80 avg rating — 4,558 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
24	A Sister to Scheherazade by Assia Djebar 3.50 avg rating — 368 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
24	Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar 3.54 avg rating — 964 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
26	Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems by Fatema Mernissi 3.89 avg rating — 1,390 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
27	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
27	When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 35 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
27	Unbounded by Huda Al-Ghoson (Goodreads Author) 4.09 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
27	ورقة تحت وسادة بغداد by Tammuz Sadooni (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
31	The Essential Nawal El Saadawi: A Reader by Nawal El Saadawi 4.03 avg rating — 66 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
31	They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi 4.67 avg rating — 5,008 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 3.70 avg rating — 533 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 3.97 avg rating — 397 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 — 81 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 3.92 avg rating — 371 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 3.93 avg rating — 165 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 3.82 avg rating — 200 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 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 3.77 avg rating — 674 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