UOWD Professor Co-Authors Ground-Breaking Anthology to Highlight the Place of Women in the Qur’an and Muslim Tradition

UOWD Professor Co-Authors Ground-Breaking Anthology to Highlight the Place of Women in the Qur’an and Muslim Tradition

(MENAFN- APCO Worldwide) Dubai, UAE, 15 December: University of Wollongong in Dubai's (UOWD) Dr Feras Hamza, Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, has co-authored a volume of an Anthology demonstrating the importance of women in Muslim tradition and making it available in English for the first time. The book, titled An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries, Volume II On Women has been co-authored with Dr. Karen Bauer, a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Building on the success of the first volume – An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries, Volume I: On the Nature of the Divine, the second volume showcases the intellectual variety of Muslim interpretations on verses dealing with women in the Qu'ran and is to be used in classrooms in any educational institution worldwide that teaches Islamic studies in English. Dr Feras Hamza, Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at UOWD, said: "Empowering women is more important than ever, especially in Muslim geographies, and it is imperative that Muslim women have a voice in the future of Islamic society as a whole." "Students and scholars from across the world learning about the tradition of Qu'ranic commentary will