Why read Sisters in the Mirror?

Book cover of Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism

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"A must read."-Choice
A crystal-clear account of the entangled history of Western and Muslim feminisms.

Western feminists, pundits, and policymakers tend to portray the Muslim world as the last and most difficult frontier of global feminism. Challenging this view, Elora Shehabuddin presents a unique and engaging history of feminism…

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1 author picked Sisters in the Mirror as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Leela Fernandes

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In the post-9/11 period, we were inundated with images of veiled Muslim women in Afghanistan and elsewhere. However, there is a long and rich history of Muslim women’s feminism that many people don’t know about. This book is an accessible entry point to this history. It also illustrates the interaction between Western feminists and Muslim feminists and shows the limits and possibilities of transnational feminism.

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