Sara Abdel-Latif

Sara Abdel-Latif is Assistant Professor of Sufism and Qur'anic Exegesis at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. Her research focuses on gender polemics in medieval Sufi literature as well as esoteric interpretations of the Qur'an.

Essays

From deathbed anecdote to polemical trope: The “old women of Nishapur” in Islamic historiography

Sara Abdel-Latif | April 20, 2022

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Sara Abdel-Latif

From deathbed anecdote to polemical trope: The “old women of Nishapur” in Islamic historiography

Mobilizing social science for the public good.

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