Extraordinary Women from the Muslim World
Natalie Maydell (Author), Sep Riahi (Author), Heba Amin (Illustrator)
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Grades 5 & up. Multi-award winning picture book chronicling the lives of 13 Muslim women in history who have lived extraordinary lives and influenced their communities in a positive way, often overcoming extreme hardship and inaccurate stereotypes that have been placed on the role of women in Islam. The following women are profiled in the book: 1) Khadija bint Khuwaylid - Arabia - First Wife of the Prophet (pbuh); 2) Aisha bint Abi Bakr - Arabia - Wife of the Prophet (pbuh); 3) Al-Khansa - Arabia - Poet; 4) Rabi a al-Adawiyya - Iraq - Woman Saint; 5) Arwa bint Ahmed al-Sulayhiyya - Yemen - Queen of Yemen; 6) Sultan Razia - India - Warrior Queen of Delhi; 7) Nana Asmau - Nigeria - Scholar and Poet; 8) Tjut Njak Dien - Indonesia - Guerrilla Leader; 9) Halide Edib Adivar Turkey - Novelist and Activist; 10) Umm Kulthum - Egypt - Singer; 11) Sabiha GÃAe¶kÃAe§en - Turkey - Military Pilot; 12) Chaibia Tallal - Morocco - Painter; 13) Shirin Ebadi - Iran - Nobel Peace Prize Winner
- Rank: #403157 in Books
- Published on: 2008-07-15
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 120 pages
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