Women and education in the pre-modern Middle East : reconstructing the lives of two female jurists (faqīhāt)

This thesis explores the education of women in the pre-modern Middle East, particularly in legal matters. The goal of the work is to show that women in the pre-modern Middle East not only had access to education but were also learned in jurisprudence (fiqh). The work begins with a detailed discussio...

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Main Author: Yacoob, Saadia.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2006
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