Women Sufis

The book collects unique material about women Sufis. Is there a difference, from the perspective of Sufism, between men and women; have there been women among the Sufis who have reached the highest stages of the mystical Path – the author answers these and other questions based on texts from Arabic and Persian Sufi works.
The author of the book, Dr. Javad Nourbakhsh (1926–2008) – was the head of the Nimatullahi Sufi order from 1953 to 2008, a prominent Sufi poet and thinker.