The Question of the Veil in Colonial Lebanon and Syria
Lebanon and Syria’s religious elite were shocked by the bombshell of a book released by a Muslim woman, Nazira Zain al-Din, one that called for the transudation of an imminent piece of clothing under Islamic authority: the veil. In an unprecedented case, a woman wrote a book in which she sparked much knowledge and judgment.
Homosexuality in Pre-Modern Iran
Despite the prohibition of homosexuality in Islam, same-sex relations were a common practice that was implicitly recognized in the Pre-modern Persian world. The relations were seeming in asymmetrical patterns, involving partners of different ages and social standing.