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This collection of essays provides a greater understanding of the history of the Gulf and the Arab world, as well as the history of Muslim women. The result of a project aimed at finding sources and studying the history of women in the region, the articles are presented thematically and chronologically, starting with ancient history, and moving on to the medieval, early modern and contemporary periods. Amira El-Azhary Sonbol specialises in the history of modern Egypt, Islamic history and law, women, gender, and Islam and is the author of several books including Women, the Family and Divorce Laws in Islamic History and Beyond the Exotic . Professor Sonbol is Editor-in-Chief of Hawwa: the Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World .