Natana J. DeLong-Bas teaches in the department of theology at Boston College. She is the author of Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad (2004), Notable Muslims: A Biographical Dictionary (2006), and co-author of Women in Muslim Family Law revised edition, with John L. Esposito (2001). She has served as editor for and contributor to The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, and contributor to The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (2004), and deputy editor for The Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. She is a frequent public speaker on Islam, Wahhabism, and Saudi Arabia.

267 international contributors.

Series Editor

John L. Esposito
Georgetown University

Editor in Chief

Natana J. Delong-Bas
Boston College

Editorial Board

Hibba Abugideiri
Villanova University

Asma Afsaruddin
Indiana University, Bloomington

Heba Raouf Ezzat
Cairo University

"A serious and impressive attempt at putting women (and gender) at the center of attention without simplistically refuting stereotypes of Muslim women or Islam or replacing them with equally problematic celebrations of women's roles and achievements....Recommended."--CHOICE

"The volume offers clear, readable text, ample bibliographies and cross-references, and a comprehensive index and topical outline of entries...This welcome volume will be especially useful to Islamic scholars, those studying Islamic culture and history, and women's studies students." --Library Journal