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The Warrior Women of Islam: Female Empowerment in Arabic Popular Literature (Library of Middle East History) Paperback – January 29, 2014

by Remke Kruk (Author)
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Colloquial Arabic storytelling is most commonly associated with The Thousandvand One Nights. But few people are aware of a much larger corpus of narrative texts known as popular epic. These heroic romantic tales, originating in the Middle Ages, form vast cycles of adventure stories whose most remarkable feature is their portrayal of powerful and memorable women. Wildly appreciated by medieval audiences, and spread by professional storytellers throughout the cities of the Muslim world, these fictions were printed and reprinted over the centuries and comprise a vital part of Arab culture. Yet virtually none are available in translation, and so remain almost unknown to a non-Arab public. Remke Kruk at last makes these neglected romances available to a Western audience. She recounts the story of Princess Dhat al-Himma, brave and undefeated leader of the Muslim army in its wars against the Byzantines; of Ghamra, brought up as a boy to become a fearless leader of men; and of cool-headed Qannasa, raiding from her mountain fortress to capture and seduce her enemies before putting them pitilessly to the sword.The Warrior Women of Islam puts a bold new complexion on gender roles and the wider perception of women in the Middle East.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    I.B. Tauris
  4. Publication date
    January 29, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1848859279
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1848859272
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'Remke Kruk has written a delightful and indispensible study on a tradition of popular Arab story telling little known or appreciated beyond its indigenous cultural and religious borders. It does not, therefore, deal with that perennial western favourite, A Thousand and One Nights. This book deals with an even broader, multi-faceted, tradition of the popular epic or heroic romance. Transmitted both orally to large audiences in medieval times and in written form down to the present, these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the modern soap opera of western TV. But best of all is that the protagonists of these epic romances are young, beautiful women, educated and expert in martial arts and ready to take on the world. Kruk expertly guides the reader through stories that should challenge common western perceptions of the Middle Eastern woman, medieval or modern.' – David Waines, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies, Lancaster University

'Remke Kruk's new book, The Warrior Women of Islam, is a groundbreaking scholarly examination of a topic that has long deserved more detailed study. The book offers a fascinating and insightful investigation into the representation of women warriors as found in a major narrative genre of pre-modern Arabic literature, the popular epic. These characters, of whom the author cites many examples from the numerous narratives that pre-modern Arabic popular literature offers, are not the quiet and meek damsels who fit roles considered stereotypical of women in Islamic societies. Rather, these are activist women and martial leaders who took up arms and themselves led men into battle to defend their tribes and honour. Professor Kruk's impressive portrayal of this narrative theme sheds new light on a subject that is significant for literary history in general and provides insight into the diverse roles women were imagined to play in Arab society. The author's incisive analysis is unique in that it encompasses every major example the genre and hence provides a panoramic view of the subject. The summation of decades of study by the author, this is a major contribution to the field.' – Peter Heath, Chancellor, American University of Sharjah, UAE

About the Author

Remke Kruk is Professor Emeritus of Arabic at the University of Leiden. Starting with The Arabic Version of Aristotle's Parts of Animals: Books XI-XIV of the KitAZab al-HayawaAZn (1979), she has published on a wide range of subjects, notably in the field of Graeco-Arabic natural philosophy. She was the editor, with Gerhard Endress, of The Ancient Tradition in Christian and Islamic Hellenism (1997). She has translated various classical Arabic texts and is co-editor of the series Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ I.B. Tauris (January 29, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1848859279
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1848859272
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!
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Everything we were in theWest taught about Muslim women is simplistic and full of narrative

This book is very enlighting and on point

You will learn about the richness and depth of Islam
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