Description: Asma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries.
Brief description: Asma Sayeed is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has published articles in Studia Islamic and Islamic Law and Society and has contributed a number of encyclopedia articles on women's history in early and classical Islam.
Review Quotes: "... an excellent contribution to extending our understanding of the history of early Hadith transmission ... The author is to be commended for her painstaking efforts in bringing out this wealth of insightful material for wider readership."
Muslim World Book Review