ISLAMIC BOOK REVIEW

Choose a book to review. You will write a three-page (double-spaced) review of this book and
focus on the following:
The book’s thesis
The contribution of the book to the field of Islamic Studies (i.e. what does it contribute?)
What does it teach you about Islam?
Choose a book from this list:
Fatima Mernissi, Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Shahzad Bashir, Sufi Bodies: Religion and Society in Medieval Islam
Tarif Khalidi, The Muslim Jesus: Saying and Stories in Islamic Literature
Hisham Aidi, Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture
Juliane Hammer, American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More Than a Prayer
Maria Rosa Menocal, Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of
Tolerance in Medieval Span
Martin Nguyen, Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination
Kecia Ali, The Lives of Muhammad
Shabana Mir, Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity
Matthew Pierce, Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shiism
John Renard, Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective
Sarah Eltantawi, Shariah of Trial: Northern Nigeria’s Islamic Revolution
Reina Lewis, Muslim Fashion
Azadeh Moaveni, Lipstick Jihad
Hooman Majd, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Ali Lakhani, editor, The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam