Activism Timeline of Contemporary Muslim Women’s Activism
1908
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein publishes Sultana’s Dream in Calcutta, a fictional tale of men kept in domestic seclusion.
1909
Malak Hifni Nasif publishes al-Nisa’iyyat (Feminist Pieces) in Cairo, a compendium of essays and speeches on women’s rights.
1923
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein publishes Sultana’s Dream in Calcutta, a fictional tale of men kept in domestic seclusion.
1945
The Pan-Arab Feminist Union is created with headquarters in Cairo.
1984
Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML)created.
1992
Amina Wadud publishes Qur’an and Woman, elaborating the equality of women and men found in the scripture, and which is considered a major foundational text of Islamic feminism.
1992
Shahla Sherkat founds Zanan, a journal which was an early site of Islamic feminist discourse in Iran that reached a global audience and was shut down by the state in 2008.