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The Warrior Women of Islam: Female Empowerment in Arabic Popular Literature

by Remke Kruk - £16.99  I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd (I.B.Tauris) (2013)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781848859272 | ISBN 10: 1848859279

Colloquial Arabic storytelling is most commonly associated with the Arabian 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, this material was printed and reprinted over the centuries and remains a vital part of Arab culture. Yet virtually none is available in translation, and so remains 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 Qannasa, an infidel, 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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