The Islamic Conception of Women’s Liberation

This lecture, originally in Arabic, was given by Aisha Abdul Rahman better known as Bint al-Shati’, at Um Derman Alumni Club, Um Derman Islamic University. It opened the lectures of the cultural season for the academic year 1966-1967, on Wednesday, February 1, 1967. This translation aims to shed light on early Arab Muslim feminist thought. Aisha Abdul Rahman was a leading Egyptian female Islamic writer and scholar. She was a pioneer in her use of her understanding of Islamic scripture to promote equality between men and women in the Arab Muslim world. She has written many books on the history and structure of Islamic scripture as well as literary criticism. Her writing and lectures in support of equality between the sexes enlightened many young Egyptian women in their struggle for gender equality