Leila Ahmed
Title
Leila Ahmed
Rights
“Leila Ahmed” by Marginalia Review of Books is licensed under CC BY 3.0
Birth Date
1940
Birthplace
Cairo, Egypt-United States of America
Primary Sources
Ahmed, L. (2012). A quiet revolution: The veil's revolution, from the Middle East to America. Yale University Press. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300181432/a-quiet-revolution/
Ahmed, L. (2006). Women in the rise of Islam. In M. Kamrava (Ed.), The new voices of Islam: Rethinking politics and modernity – A reader (pp. 177–200). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300162714-006
Ahmed, L. (1999). Border passage: From Cairo to America – A woman's journey. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Ahmed, L. (1992). Women and gender in Islam: Historical roots of a modern debate. Yale University Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt32bg61
Ahmed, L. (1982). Western ethnocentrism and perceptions of the Harem. Feminist Studies, 8(3), 521–534. https://doi.org/10.2307/3177710
Ahmed, L. (2006). Women in the rise of Islam. In M. Kamrava (Ed.), The new voices of Islam: Rethinking politics and modernity – A reader (pp. 177–200). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300162714-006
Ahmed, L. (1999). Border passage: From Cairo to America – A woman's journey. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Ahmed, L. (1992). Women and gender in Islam: Historical roots of a modern debate. Yale University Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt32bg61
Ahmed, L. (1982). Western ethnocentrism and perceptions of the Harem. Feminist Studies, 8(3), 521–534. https://doi.org/10.2307/3177710
Secondary Sources
Kharazmi, Z.N. (2022). Revising the Islamic feminism thinking norm on the boundary of Islam and modernity: Leila Ahmed’s reading on Islam and its compatibility with modern gender norms. International Journal of Humanities, 29(4), 1–22. https://eijh.modares.ac.ir/article-27-53772-en.html
Ahdifard, U. (2021). “Each race in its proper sphere”: Understanding Ottoman nation, race, and class in the travel narratives of Demetra Vaka Brown (1877–1946) and Leila Ahmed (1940–). Studies in Travel Writing, 25(1), 50–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2021.1975368
Ahdifard, U. (2021). “Each race in its proper sphere”: Understanding Ottoman nation, race, and class in the travel narratives of Demetra Vaka Brown (1877–1946) and Leila Ahmed (1940–). Studies in Travel Writing, 25(1), 50–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2021.1975368
Extra Resources
Tippett, K. (Host). (2005, October 13). Leila Ahmed: Muslim Women and Other Misunderstandings, Audio podcast transcript. In On Being with Krista Tippett. On Being. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://onbeing.org/programs/leila-ahmed-muslim-women-and-other-misunderstandings/
Collection
Citation
“Leila Ahmed,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed September 12, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/573.