Women, Islam and Their Rights: Adibah El Khalieqy and Her Literary Works

Abstract

Raising the general awareness about issues concerning women and Islam can be chennelled through numerous ways, including book publication. Abidah El Kalieqy is famous for her engagement in disseminating awareness of the rights of women witthin the bounds of Islamic values. Her short stories and novels are commonly perceived as promoters of Muslim women's authenticity, intellectual ownership, identity and struggle within their community, in order to advocate equality for women in a male-dominated world, and her most famous fiction is Perempuan Berkalung Sorban (A Woman with a Turban) which was published in 2001, and in January 2009 has been turned into a movie directed by a highly acclaimed young director, Hanung Bramantyo. The publication of this novel was party funded by Yayasan Kesejahteraan Fatayat (YKF) Yogyakarta, and the Ford Foundation (FF)