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9780863722691

The Pure and Powerful: Studies in Contemporary Muslim Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780863722691

  • ISBN10:

    0863722695

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Ithaca Press

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The Pure and Powerful concentrates on the social life at the shrine of al-Sayyida Zaynab in Cairo. As granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, al-Sayyida Zaynab is regarded by many as the patron saint of women. The book also includes studies on rain rituals in Tunisia, and the rituals performed during the month of Ramadan in Cairo. -

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Notes on Transliteration and Referencing ix
Introduction xi
PART ONE New Analytical Concepts for the Anthropological Study of The Performance of Islamic Rituals
The Rain Rituals as Rites of Spiritual Passage
3(32)
The Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Islamic Rituals
35(68)
PART TWO In the Marble Courtyard: A Study on al-Sayyida Zaynab, Patron Saint of Women
Introduction
85(18)
Al-Sayyida Zaynab in Cairo and in the Hearts of the Egyptians
103(42)
Al-Sayyida Zaynab, Patron Saint of Women: The Dream and the Reality
145(26)
Women's Lives and the Fatawi that Guide Them
171(34)
The World of the Mawlid: Celebrations by People and Government
205(26)
The Great Night and the Dawn Festivities
231(58)
PART THREE A Comparative Study of the Performance of Islamic and Secular Rituals
Ramadan in Cairo
289(14)
Spring Rites in Cairo
303
Street Map 131(1)
Diagram of the Women's Section of al-Sayyida Zaynab Mosque 132(177)
Index 309

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