ebooks Islamic Art in Cairo: From the Seventh to the Eighteenth Centuries by E. Prisse D'Avennes in History

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Finally; we get to meet the first women of Islam. Thank you for this brave book. –Coleman Barks; author of Essential Rumi; and other books on the great Persian Language poet"Brilliant and illuminating . . . awesome in the depth of its research; the grace of its prose; and the beauty of its poetic voices." Alicia Ostriker; author; poet; and Professor Emerita of English at Rutgers University"Poet; historian and mystic; Tamam Kahn captures the voices and hearts of women you will never forget. I would gladly sit at these women's feet night after night to hear their stories. " -Elizabeth Cunningham; author of The Maeve ChroniclesUntold demystifies the most influential women at the dawn of Islam: Prophet Muhammad's wives. They are presented in all their variety; among them; Khadija; a successful merchant and his only wife for twenty-five years; Umm Salama; who helped forge an important peace treaty; Rayhana and Safiyya; two Jewish captives; and there are others. This unusual book combines short biographies with meticulous research. The reader enters seventh century Arab culture and the first moments of what came to be a new religion. This book is powerful women's storytelling.