History, Philosophy and Political Analysis

Ali, Ayaan Hirsi. The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam. New York: Free Press, 2006.

Amin, Qasim. The Liberation of Women and the New Woman: Two Documents in the History of Egyptian Feminism. Cairo: American University of Cairo Press, 2000 [1899].

Bawer, Bruce. While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within. New York: Broadway Books, 2006.

Chesler, Phyllis. "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?" Middle East Quarterly XVI (2) 2009: 61-69.

Husseini, Rana. Murder in the Name of Honor. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2009.

Lewis, Bernard and Buntzie Ellis Churchill. Islam: The Religion and the People. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing, 2008.

Mandelbaum, David G. Women's Seclusion and Men's Honor: Sex Roles in North India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988.

Manji, Irshad. The Trouble with Islam Today: a Muslim's Call for Reform of her Faith. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005.

Nomani, Asra. Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.

Saadawi, Nawal El. The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World. London: Zed Books, 1980.

Sommers, Christina Hoff. "The Subjection of Islamic Women and the fecklessness of American Feminism." The Weekly Standard 2007 (34): 14-20.

Steyn, Mark. America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2008.

Personal Narratives

Ali, Ayaan Hirsi. Infidel. New York: Free Press, 2007.

Ahmed, Qanta A. In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2008.

Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock. In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman's Global Journey. New York: Anchor Books, 1998.

Gabriel, Brigitte. Because They Hate - A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.

Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran. New York: Random House, 2003.

Rodriguez, Deborah and Kristin Ohlson. Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil. New York: Random House, 2007.

Zanganeh, Lila Azam. My Sister Guard Your Veil: My Brother Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.