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Stone-columned courtyard with arched walkways and a bookshelf, evoking an Abbasid-era setting where women’s intellectual and cultural roles unfolded beyond royal courts.
The Forgotten Elite

Who counted as “elite” in Abbasid society? Not just queens and concubines, argues Reem Alrudaini, a Kuwaiti scholar who is rethinking women’s roles in Islamic historiography. Her work invites Arab societies to reconsider how gender, knowledge, and influence shaped cultural legacy—and why those narratives still matter.

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