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| Foreword | |
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| Who do you think you are? | |
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| Preface | |
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| Marrakesh | |
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| heart not dog (qalb not kalb) | |
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| a thousand and one nights | |
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| reading the Arabian Nights | |
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| Mawlud and the treasure | |
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| at the Zaki Hotel | |
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| the zikr room on Norwich Street | |
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| Map | |
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| Introduction | |
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| instructions for Jahiliyya | |
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| galaxies | |
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| Khadija, the white shade cloud | |
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| Khadija | |
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| the visitor | |
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| brocade (al-dibaja) | |
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| Muhammad comes to collect his salary | |
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| The family | |
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| Umm Kulthum: "mother-of-the-round-faced-one" | |
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| Ruqayya, wakened by the words | |
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| throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth | |
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| Khadija's lying-in | |
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| seeing more | |
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| Revelation | |
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| Khadija visits Uncle Waraqa | |
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| Khadija's hair | |
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| the ban | |
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| 'A'isha, matchfire in the backlight | |
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| Slander | |
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| Before widowhood | |
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| flame, 'A'isha | |
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| "My wives are like the brothers of Joseph." | |
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| 'A'isha sees Juwayriyya | |
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| Wanting | |
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| 'A'isha: widow and warrior | |
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| Privilege | |
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| owner's manual: the howdah | |
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| 'A'isha discovers how war can be | |
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| honeycomb: after the year 632 | |
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| Zaynab, the beautiful | |
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| unwrapped (al-kishaf) | |
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| Zaynab's wedding meal: a sonnet | |
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| swaying lamps | |
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| Zaynab and the people of the bench | |
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| Zaynab and the honey | |
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| Umm Salama, mother of peace | |
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| Abyssinia | |
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| Land | |
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| Hind in Africa: leaving the Red Sea | |
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| Hind's vision | |
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| Mecca and Medina | |
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| Umm Salama at Hudaybiya | |
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| Umm Salama tells of breaking the idols | |
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| Umm Salama's mourning ghazal | |
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| Calamity | |
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| The Jewish Wives | |
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| People of the Book | |
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| lament for Hagar's daughters | |
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| the munafiqin | |
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| Rayhana | |
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| Rayhana, pouring out the wine | |
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| gold coin | |
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| Muhammad's sigh | |
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| Safiyya b. Huyayy | |
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| Safiyya's cat | |
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| in the tent | |
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| Safiyya's fall | |
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| interview with Safiyya | |
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| Mariya, from among the Christians | |
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| Muhammad and Christianity | |
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| locution | |
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| Mariya leaves Egypt for Medina | |
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| between | |
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| Mariya's needle | |
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| Mariya | |
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| why they complain about the Egyptian | |
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| in her garden Mariya has a vision | |
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| outliving him | |
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| The Other Wives | |
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| mother-in-law of Muhammad | |
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| Sawda: the stamp of approval | |
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| laughter in the dark of the moon | |
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| up until the Day Of Rising | |
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| news | |
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| Zaynab b. Khuzayma, mother of the poor | |
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| the other Zaynab | |
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| Hafsa, the Prophet's librarian | |
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| Defiance | |
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| Hafsa's Qur'an | |
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| Juwayriyya, the little jewel | |
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| the thirst-quenching well (al-muraysi) | |
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| Umm Habiba, married by a king | |
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| watching her | |
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| exile | |
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| Umm Habiba's father | |
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| Abu Sufyan scolds Ramla | |
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| no black mark | |
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| Umm Habiba's room | |
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| Muhammad's marriage challenges | |
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| on the porch | |
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| Asma', the unfortunate one | |
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| Mrs. Muhammad | |
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| Maymuna, the last wife | |
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| Maymuna and Muhammad | |
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| wife of the Prophet | |
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| The closing poem | |
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| how the story goes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Muhammad's wives and the year of marriage | |
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| Index of names | |
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| Works consulted | |
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| Endnotes | |