Aziza Ouguir, Ph.D. (2013, University of Amsterdam), is an independent researcher. She is the author of “The Empowering Legacy of Women Saints: Venerators and Islamist Feminists”, in: F. Sadiqi (ed.), Moroccan Feminisms: New Perspectives (Africa World Press, 2016).

• Preface IxAcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration1 Introduction: Theories and Concepts1 A Review2 Research Design3 The Conceptual Background2 Sufism and Gender1 Moroccan Islam2 Approaches to Moroccan Islam3 Sufism in Relation to Gender4 Women’s Mysticism in Islamic History5 Islamic Hagiography6 Moroccan Hagiography7 Diversity, Hierarchy and Authenticity3 Moroccan Female Saints1 The Construction of Sainthood2 Types of Agency3 Women Saints: ʿAzīza ʾal-Saksāwiyya (14th Century), ʿĀʾisha ʿal-ʿIdrīsiya (16th Century) and Fāṭima Muhdūz (19th Century)4 Moroccan Women Venerators’ Reception of Historical Women Saints1 Devoted Women, Shrines and Saint Veneration2 Murshidāt and Waʿiḍāt as Religious Agents3 Murshidāt’s and Wāʿiẓāt’s Reception of Women Saints4 Murshidāt’s and Wāʿiẓāt’s Attendees5 Moroccan Feminist Activists’ Reception of Historical Women Saints1 Moroccan Feminism2 Islamist Feminist Associations3 Moroccan Feminist Activists’ Reception of Women Saints4 Islamist FeminismConclusionBibliographyIndex