About the Author

Mrs Azzam is the niece of the late Dr Abdul Wahab Azzam, who was rector of Cairo University, founder and first Rector of Riyadh Uni- versity, and prominent Muslim writer. She is also the daughter-in-law of the late Dr Abdur Rahman Azzam, founder of the Arab League and author of the Eternal Message of Muhammad. Mrs Azzam was born in Cairo and is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts and Literature, Cairo University. She has lived with her husband, Dr Omar Azzam, in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and France, and is now living in Cambridge, England, where her four children are receiving their education.

Aisha Gouverneur

Mrs Gouverneur was born Virginia Gray Henry in Kentucky, USA, and became a Muslim in 1968. She took a BA in comparative religion from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, and has an MA in Education from Michigan University. Mrs Gouverneur has also studied at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, and has taught for more than ten years. She lived in Egypt for over ten years and now lives with her husband and two children in Cambridge, England.