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Large trade paperback. 207 pages. Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. “This book explores the history of Muslim women and the debates over gender that have developed since the golden age of Islam. It considers the opinions, goals and ideals of fifty Egyptian women. veiled and unveiled, and compares their views to the gender ideology of the contemporary Islamists” (Valerie Hoffman-Ladd, rear cover). No previous ownership marks. A book that has been read butis tight, sound and internally unmarked, with no writing underlining or highlighting. Good or better.