{"product_id":"the-lady-imam","title":"The Lady Imam \/\/ How amina wadud's Life and Faith Changed the World (Pre-order, June 16 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe soul-stirring intersectional biography of the most famous Islamic woman scholar working today, from the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf the Oceans Were Ink\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHome, Land, Security\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A testament to what it means to labor for justice from inside a faith tradition—to love it enough to transform it . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lady Imam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis right on time to ignite our courage.”—Valarie Kaur, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSee No Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSage Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA feminist scholar-activist, single mother of five, and queer advocate, amina wadud has led a struggle against Islam’s patriarchal establishment that’s been felt keenly all over the world. Like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X before her, wadud has mobilized faith’s potential as an engine of equality. Yet this American trail-blazer’s story has never been told in book form—until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn Mary Teasley, the daughter of a Methodist preacher, wadud grew up in Maryland with a rare vantage on socioeconomic divides, living through poverty and her sister’s death from an illegal abortion. A gifted student, teenage wadud was sent to live with affluent white families in Weston, Massachusetts. After cross-country hitchhiking and a stint in a Buddhist ashram, she converted to Islam as a twenty-year-old Ivy League student.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewadud devoted her life to studying the Qur’an and challenged centuries of patriarchal interpretations, finding in it equality for all. In Manhattan in 2005, she became the world’s most famous—and infamous—Islamic scholar when she became the first woman in 1400 years to lead men and women together in public Friday prayers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lady Imam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chronicles the life of a singular figure not only in Islam, but also in feminism, Black history, and gender studies. With unprecedented access through years of interviews and archival research, Carla Power has written the definitive account of wadud's extraordinary life while shedding light on our deepest questions about faith, family, and social justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCarla Power\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Imam: How amina wadud’s Life and Faith Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e (out June, 2026), \u003ci\u003eHome, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism\u003c\/i\u003e, (Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, 2022), and I\u003ci\u003ef the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran\u003c\/i\u003e, (Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, 2016, National Book Award finalist in Nonfiction, 2015.) She began her journalism career reporting from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. 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