Leila Ahmed
Biographic Data
| ID | 3742634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leila Ahmed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leila |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmed |
| SIGNATURE | AHMED L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bridge University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
March 28, 2021
The first time I met Nawal—at least I think it was the first time—was at a women’s studies conference here in the United States sometime in the early 1980s. All I remember about that conference today was a conversation between Nawal and the woman who had invited her there, a conversation that, for some reason, I was party to. In the course of it, Nawal’s host—I’ll call her Ms. A.—was telling Nawal that she was not to speak about such and such iss…
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt durin…
Exploring the Anticipated Career Aspirations of Youth in a Rural Secondary School: A Visual Participatory Approach
Within the South African context, a great deal has been written regarding the anticipated career aspirations of youth, with special reference to the non-marginalised. Consequently, there appears to be a paucity of information related to the aspirations of marginalised secondary school youths, especially rural youth. Furthermore, it seems that the majority of aspiration-related research has been quantitative. This qualitative and exploratory study…
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a “pure” Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from t…
A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America
In Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the Wes…
Ethnocentrisme occidental et perceptions du harem
En 1980, lors de la conférence de la National Women’s Studies Association qui s’est tenue à Bloomington, Indiana, j’ai assisté à une présentation sur « Les femmes dans l’islam » au cours de laquelle je suis intervenue vivement, depuis ma place dans le public, car les intervenantes invitées, trois femmes arabes, présentaient, selon moi un tableau idéalisé de la situation des femmes dans l’islam. Les sociétés islamiques se distinguaient peut-être m…
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey
Research Article| May 01 2006 A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey Leila Ahmed Leila Ahmed Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2006) 26 (1): 79–82. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2005-008 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Leila Ahmed; A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey. Comp…
Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender
Women and Gender in Islam
Arab culture and writing women’s bodies
Women and the Advent of Islam
Feminism and feminist movements in the middle east, a preliminary exploration: Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Western Ethnocentrism and Perceptions of the Harem
"Comments on Tinker's "A Feminist View of Copenhagen
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World. Nawal El Saadawi , Sherif Hetata
Edward W. Lane: A Study of His Life and Works and of British Ideas of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century
Western Ethnocentrism and Perceptions of the Harem
Feminism and feminist movements in the middle east, a preliminary exploration: Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey
Research Article| May 01 2006 A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey Leila Ahmed Leila Ahmed Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2006) 26 (1): 79–82. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2005-008 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Leila Ahmed; A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey. Comp…
Women and the Advent of Islam
Edward W. Lane: A Study of His Life and Works and of British Ideas of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century
Arab culture and writing women’s bodies
Edward W. Lane: A Study of His Life and Works and of British Ideas of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century
"Comments on Tinker's "A Feminist View of Copenhagen
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World. Nawal El Saadawi , Sherif Hetata
Feminism and feminist movements in the middle east, a preliminary exploration: Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Western Ethnocentrism and Perceptions of the Harem
Women and the Advent of Islam
Arab culture and writing women’s bodies
Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender
Women and Gender in Islam
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey
Research Article| May 01 2006 A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey Leila Ahmed Leila Ahmed Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2006) 26 (1): 79–82. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2005-008 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Leila Ahmed; A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey. Comp…
Ethnocentrisme occidental et perceptions du harem
En 1980, lors de la conférence de la National Women’s Studies Association qui s’est tenue à Bloomington, Indiana, j’ai assisté à une présentation sur « Les femmes dans l’islam » au cours de laquelle je suis intervenue vivement, depuis ma place dans le public, car les intervenantes invitées, trois femmes arabes, présentaient, selon moi un tableau idéalisé de la situation des femmes dans l’islam. Les sociétés islamiques se distinguaient peut-être m…
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a “pure” Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from t…
A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America
In Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the Wes…
Exploring the Anticipated Career Aspirations of Youth in a Rural Secondary School: A Visual Participatory Approach
Within the South African context, a great deal has been written regarding the anticipated career aspirations of youth, with special reference to the non-marginalised. Consequently, there appears to be a paucity of information related to the aspirations of marginalised secondary school youths, especially rural youth. Furthermore, it seems that the majority of aspiration-related research has been quantitative. This qualitative and exploratory study…
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt durin…
March 28, 2021
The first time I met Nawal—at least I think it was the first time—was at a women’s studies conference here in the United States sometime in the early 1980s. All I remember about that conference today was a conversation between Nawal and the woman who had invited her there, a conversation that, for some reason, I was party to. In the course of it, Nawal’s host—I’ll call her Ms. A.—was telling Nawal that she was not to speak about such and such iss…
Islamic Studies and History (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · History (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Islam (6 works) · History (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works)