TY - BOOK AU - Schimmel, Annemarie. AU - Annemarie Schimmel. TI - My Soul Is a Woman SN - 9780826414441 U1 - 297.082 SCH PY - 2003/// CY - ,New York PB - : Continuum International Publishing KW - The Feminine in Islam KW - Sassi's Wanderings KW - Women in Sufism N1 - Women and the Prophet Women in Sufism Women in the Quran and in the Tradition Woman or Man of God The Old Woman The Mothers Woman as Manifestation of God The Brides of God Women Souls in Indo- Pakistani Poetry Sassi's Wanderings Sohni Mehanwal Omar Marui N2 - Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copious examples, she shows the clear equality of women and men in the conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of the mystical tradition, and in the role of holy mothers and unmarried women as manifestations of God ER -