By Kamran Scot Aghaie  - 1998

This unit, developed by CIE and co-published by the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA, provides a first hand look, through historical primary sources, at the rights accorded to women by Islam, at how gender issues were actually addressed in classical Muslim society, and at the diverse roles that Muslim women played historically. Lesson topics include: Women's Rights and Protections in Islam, Gender Roles and Women's Identities in Muslim Society, Muslim Women Leaders Through the Centuries, Famous Muslim Women as Role Models.

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