Introduction ---- 1. Writing is Better than a Face-lift --- 2. Rebuilding Baghdad in a Different Galaxy --- 3. Morocco: The Merchantʹs Daughter and the Son of the Sultan --- 4. Women, Saints and Sanctuaries --- 5. Virginity and Patriarchy --- 6. Is Population Control Conceivable without Democracy? The Conflict between the Islamic State and Women --- 7. Womenʹs Work: Religious and Scientific Concepts as Political Manipulation in Dependent Islam --- 8. The Jariya and the Caliph: Reflections on the Role of Women in Muslim Political Memory --- 9. Women in Muslim History: Traditional Perspectives and New Strategies --- 10. Femininity as Subversion: Reflections on the Muslim Concept of Nushuz.