![]() She looks back through fifteen centuries of Islam and uncovers a hidden history of women who have held the reins of power, but whose lives and stories, acheivements and failures, have largely been forgotten. In this extraordinary new book, Fatima Mernissi shows that those proclaimed defenders of Islamic tradition were not only misguided but wrong. When Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, there were some who claimed that it was a blasphemous assault on Islamic tradition, since no Muslim state, they alleged, had ever been governed by a woman. The Lady of Cairo Conclusion: The Medina Democracy Notes. Khayzuran: Courtesan or Head of State? Part II: Sovereignty in Islam ![]() Introduction: Was Benazir Bhutto the First? Part I: Queens and Courtesans. ![]() Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]()
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