Laleh Bakhtiar
Iranian academic (1938-2020)
Laleh Mehree Bakhtiar (July 29, 1938 – October 18, 2020) was an Iranian-American author, translator and clinical psychologist.[1][2] She was born in New York City. She translated and wrote a total of 25 books about Islam, many were about Sufism.[3]
She also authored or co-authored many biographical works. Her translation of the Qur'an, published in 2007 and called The Sublime Quran, is the first translation of the Qur'an into English by an American woman.[4][5]
Bakhtiar died on October 18, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois from leukemia at the age of 82.[6]
References
change- ↑ John Colson, Symposium focuses on Muslim women Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine Aspen Times, August 15, 2007
- ↑ Hanady Kader, Online Matchmaking Sites Court U.S. Muslims, WeNews, May 29, 2008.
- ↑ Disobedient Muslim Women
- ↑ Andrea Useem, Laleh Bakhtiar: An American Woman Translates the Qur'an Publishers Weekly, April 16, 2007
- ↑ Aslan, Reza (20 November 2008). "How To Read the Quran". Slate. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ↑ Ardalan, Davar. "Courage, Temperance, Justice and the Enduring Wisdom of the late Scholar Laleh Bakhtiar". Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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