History of Islam in 21 Women

Beginning in seventh-century Mecca and Medina, A History of Islam in 21 Women takes us around the globe, through eleventh-century Yemen and Khorasan, and into sixteenth-century Spain, Istanbul and India. From there to nineteenth-century Persia and the African savannah, to twentieth-century Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq, before reaching present day London.

From the first believer, Khadija, and the other women who witnessed the formative years of Islam, to award-winning mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani in the twenty-first century, Hossein Kamaly celebrates the lives and groundbreaking achievements of these extraordinary women in the history of Islam.

Incepand cu Mecca si Medina din secolul al VII-lea, A History of Islam in 21 Women ne duce pe tot globul, prin Yemen si Khorasan din secolul al XI-lea si in Spania, Istanbul si India din secolul al XVI-lea. De acolo pana la Persia din secolul al XIX-lea si savana africana, pana la Rusia, Turcia, Egiptul si Irakul din secolul al XX-lea, inainte de a ajunge la Londra actuala. matematician premiat Maryam Mirzakhani in secolul XXI, Hossein Kamaly sarbatoreste vietile si realizarile inovatoare ale acestor femei extraordinare din istoria Islamului.