Beyond the Exotic: WomenÕs Histories in Islamic Societies Nile river and tributaries What makes us choose one

What makes us choose one decision over another

Wolfgang Holzwarth

ruler of Egypt for a brief but turbulent period

a handful of young officers were thinking dangerous thoughts

Beyond the Exotic: WomenÕs Histories in Islamic Societies Nile river and tributaries What makes us choose oneAmira al Azhary SonbolMost manifestations, research has accepted stereotypical images of Muslim women, treating their outward such as veiling, as passive and oppressive. Muslim women have been depicted as different, and by exoticizing (orientalizing) themor Islamic society in generalthey have been dealt with outside of general womens history and regarded as having little to contribute to the writing of world history or to the life of their sisters