Sufi Narratives of Intimacy

Thirteenth-century Sufi poet, mystic, and legal scholar Muhyi al-Din ibn al-''Arabi gave deep and sustained attention to gender as integral to questions of human existence and moral personhood. Reading his works through a critical feminist lens, Sa''diyya Shaikh opens fertile spaces in which new and creative encounters with gender justice in Islam can take place. Grounding her work in Islamic epi...