Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction—The Islamic Public Sphere and the Subject of Gender: The Politics of the Personal 1
5. Part One: Women’s Liberation in Islam
6. 1. The Liberation of Islamic Letters: Bint al-Shati ʾ’s Literary License 35
7. 2. The Redemption of Women’s Liberation: Reviving Qasim Amin 70
8. Part Two: Gendering Islamic Subjectivities
9. 3. Senses of Self: Niʿmat Sidqi’s Theology of Motherhood 103
10. 4. Covering in the Public Eye: Visualizing the Inner I 143
11. Part Three: Politics of the Islamic Family
12. 5. The Islamic Homeland: Iman Mustafa on Women’s Work 180
13. 6. Soft Force: Heba Raouf Ezzat’s Politics of the Islamic Family 219
14. Epilogue—Fann wa-Fiṭra: Art and Instinct 255
15. Bibliography 271
16. Index 295
17. Backmatter 313