Occasional musings on Shi‘ism, Sufism, Persian literature, Indo-Persian culture, and other topics related to the study of Iran, India, and the Islamic world. Slow takes in a fast world.
Finding #girldads where you may not expect them
It may surprise those who think of the religion as inherently oppressive toward women, but Islam has a fairly robust tradition of #girldads, beginning with the Prophet Muhammad himself in seventh-century Mecca and Medina.
Preorders available of Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam
I am very pleased to announce that my new book, Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam: Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima, is available for pre-order through I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury (2020).