To mark its 30^th anniversary, the Women and Memory Forum (WMF) released the introduction and a chapter of its recent publication, Feminist Readings in Arab Cultural History, published in 2024 by Honna Elles Publishing House and edited with an introduction by Dr. Omaima Abu Bakr. The chapter titled “Rulings on Women’s Issues in Islamic History,” written by Dr. Huda al-Saadi and Dr. Omaima Abu Bakr, and the introduction are now available in open access on the WMF Library website. The open access release is part of the WMF’s mission to make cultural and historical knowledge accessible and raise feminist awareness.

Feminist Readings in Arab Cultural History is a collective project that investigates the mechanisms employed to pigeonhole, stereotype, and marginalize women across different historical periods by approaching a diverse array of issues, texts, and historical writings from an Arab/Islamic feminist perspective. The book rereads history and produces new knowledge about active women overlooked by history with the aim of highlighting the contributions of Arab women researchers, critics, and creatives –past and present.

To read/download the introduction, press here.

To read/download the chapter “Rulings on Women’s Issues in Islamic History,” press here.