Public Lecture: Gendering Islamic Sainthood

Professor miriam cooke

PUBLIC LECTURE 

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Nermin Tarhan Conference Hall, Üsküdar University

İstanbul

Gendering Islamic Sainthood

When and how are Muslim women declared saints? How does their relationship with men support or challenge the claim? Examples include 8^th century Rabi`a al-‘Adawiya and Hasan al-Basri; and in the 13^th and 14^th centuries, Nizamuddin Awliya and Bibi Fatima and Lalla Aisha Manoubiya and Abul Hasan al-Shadhili