The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam by Fatema Mernissi

The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam

Fatema Mernissi with Mary Jo Lakeland (Translator)

228 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community. 
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