The Veil And The Male Elite
A Feminist Interpretation Of Women's Rights In Islam
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- Dec 21, 1992
- Page Count
- 240 pages
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780201632217
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.
