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Hajar: Of the Desert

By amina wadud — 2013

This story is coated with patriarchy, and so it is with some fascination that Hajar (biblical Hagar) configures so significantly in the Islamic telling of it.

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What Islam Really Says About Women | Alaa Murabit

Alaa Murabit's family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohibitions on what she could accomplish.

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2015
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Women Are the Future of Islam

In this revelatory book, imam Sherin Khankan addresses urgent contemporary issues such as modern women in Islam, radical Islamic groups, Islamic divorce, and fundamentalism, and she describes her own personal journey as a female Muslim activist.

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Sherin Khankan
2020
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The Story of the Qur'an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life

A balanced portrayal of the Quran and its place in historic and contemporary Muslim society, this updated edition features new sections on the Quran and its relationship to democracy, science, human rights, and the role of women, and contains expanded sections on the Quran in the life cycle of...

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Ingrid Mattson
2013
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Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders | Sheryl Sandberg

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions—and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.

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2010
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Future of Religion, Spirituality and Meditation

William’s 20-minute talk at the Findhorn Foundation in October 2018.

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William Bloom
2018
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Find Your Strength: The Essential Self-Defense Handbook for Every College Woman

FIND YOUR STRENGTH: The Essential Self-Defense Guide for Every College Woman is more than a book focusing on physical techniques to thwart an attacker.

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Jodi Harrison-Lee
2025
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Lesley Hazleton: The Doubt Essential to Faith

When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, his first reaction was doubt, awe, even fear. And yet this experience became the bedrock of his belief.

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Muhammad
2013
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The Glorious Morning Light: Recitations from the Qur’an by Camille Helminski

Recitations from the Qur’an by Camille Helminski Fourteen of the most beloved short surahs and passages from the Qur’an, recited in Arabic.

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Camille Helminski
2020
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Ninety-Nine Names of the Beloved: Intimations of the Beauty and Power of the Divine

We offer these reflections on the “Ninety-Nine Names of God,” traditional to Islam and the Quranic revelation, to support the increased opening of our awareness to all the Generosity and Loving-kindness of the Divine Bestowal.

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Camille Hamilton Adams Helminski
2017
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The Light of Dawn: Daily Readings from the Holy Qur'an

These selections from the Qur'an—featuring gender-inclusive language—will appeal to non-Muslims and students of comparative religion as well as practicing Muslims and Sufis.

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Camille Adams Helminski
2000
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