Beyond the Exotic: WomenÕs Histories in Islamic Societies Nile river and tributaries Wolfgang Holzwarth

Wolfgang Holzwarth

widely familiar to Egyptians from the film version of the book: Sitt Ain

its steep alleys

His life has been full of drama

Maggie O'Farrell

Beyond the Exotic: WomenÕs Histories in Islamic Societies Nile river and tributaries Wolfgang HolzwarthAmira al Azhary SonbolMost manifestations, research has accepted stereotypical images of Muslim women, treating their outward such as veiling, as passive and oppressive. Muslim women have been depicted as different, and by exoticizing (orientalizing) themor Islamic society in generalthey have been dealt with outside of general womens history and regarded as having little to contribute to the writing of world history or to the life of their sisters