Learn more about women and Islam from this sampling of books:
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
by Geraldine Brooks
Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature
by Miriam Cooke
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
by Fatima Mernissi, translated by Mary Jo Lakeland
Feminism and Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives
by Mai Yamani and Andrew Allen, editors