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100	1		_aHarbi, Dalal bint Makhlad. _954320
245	1	0	_aProminent Women from Central Arabia / _cDalal Mukhlid al-Harbi ; translated by Muhammad M. Abahsain and Mohammad A. al-Furaih ; edited by Jill Ann Roberg-Abahsain.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aReading, UK : _bIthaca Press ; _aRiyadh, Saudi Arabia : _bin association with the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives, _c2008.
300			_axv, 177 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [148]-158) and index.
520			_aWomen's contributions to Arabic and Islamic society, be they cultural, religious, medical or military, have been recorded by Muslim historians throughout the ages. No biographical dictionary of any worth was considered complete unless it mentioned prominent women, a tradition stemming from the earliest Islamic biographies which all included the female companions of the Prophet as well as mothers of notable men. However, little has been written about the contribution of women from more recent contemporary central Arabian society. Published in association with Saudi Arabia's King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives, Prominent Women from Central Arabia explores sources ranging from published material to manuscripts, documents and oral history in an attempt to redress the balance. In all, the book contains fifty-two biographies of women who lived from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the death of King 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Saud in 1953, and the women studied include notable poets, educators and great donors of charitable works, amongst others. Above all, the book highlights the enormous contribution of the women of Central Arabia during the period under consideration, demonstrating that, contrary to popular misconception, their influence has in fact been highly significant
650		0	_aWomen _zSaudi Arabia _vBiography. _954321
700	1		_aRoberg-Abahsain, Jill Ann. _954322
710	2		_aDārat al-Malik ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz. _954323
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2008378190.html
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