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• - A collection of short boiographies of famous Muslim women, most of them from among Islam's early followers.
  
• - Brief profiles of women who have been politically powerful in Muslim states, from A'ishah Bint Abi Bakr to the present.
  
• - The homepage and biographical information of self described Muslim American feminist. Her collection of writings challenges stereotypes of Muslims and Islam.
  
• - Formerly Margret Marcus, Maryam was the first American Jewish woman to convert to Islam.
  
• - Commemorative website devoted to this South African Muslim women's rights activist.
  
• - Mohammad Omar Farooq's appraisal of Dr. Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi's paper on early female Muslim scholars with an appeal for women's education and promotion of scholarship.
  
• - About.com's collection of net links on women in Islam from a wide variety of sources and perspectives including both Muslim and non-Muslim.
  
• - Egyptian activist, Zaynab al-Ghazali headed the women's chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood.
  
• - Translation of an 11th century debate regarding the possibility of women as Prophets.
  
• - A biography of Queen Arwa, who ruled Yemen for 40 years.
  
• - A collection of articles and features, with a forum; for sisters in Islam and women who are interested in learning more about Islam.
  
• - Offers an independent midwifery and natural child-birth service; includes stories of births, information on Islam and Motherhood, and plans for the development of their service. [Philadelphia, PA, US]
  
• - Personal website of a woman convert and author of several books on Islam; includes details, and a collection of articles.
  
• - A profile of the female Moroccan journalist, her writings and influence.