ARB 2102 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
13 May 2017
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Week 8: status of the arab women after midterm: arab women in pre-islamic period: Majority of arabs are islam, then christianity. Pre-islamic arab women were merchants, example: khadija mint khuwaylid the wife of mohamed. Or queens with full powers and waging wars: zenobia the queen of palmyra (city of. Balqis queen of saba (sheba) in yemen. Or could be important religious gures: mary mother of jesus in palestine: the quran also considers mary as first lady among women of the world . Some of the greatest pre-islamic arab poets are women, such as al-khansaa: however, there was also an oppression of women in pre-islamic period. Slavery was legal, allowing ownership of young female slaves as concubines; many wives and concubines were harem, property of one male owner: arab women under islam. Under islam, men were still in charge of women, but there was an improvement over the pre-islamic period:
