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Through the remarkable stories of women across the Middle East, Isobel Coleman shows how women, working within Islam, are transforming the region in a growing movement of Islamic feminism. In this fascinating and important book, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Isobel Coleman takes us into the lives of individual women in five countries--Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan--who are part of a grassroots movement fighting for economic and social change. Working within the strictures of Islam, but advocating more progressive interpretations, these activists are creating economic, political, and educational opportunities for women and their families--opportunities crucial to bringing progress and stability to the Islamic world. Now with a new Foreword on the developments since the Arab Spring, and a new Afterword bringing us up to date on the remarkable women in this book, Paradise Beneath Her Feet ultimately offers a message of hope: Change is happening--and more often than not, it is being led by women. About the Author ISOBEL COLEMAN is senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she also directs the Council's Women and Foreign Policy program. Her writings have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, and The Christian Science Monitor. She is a frequent speaker at academic, business, and policy conferences and a guest on news shows and stations such as CNN, ABC, Good Morning America, BBC, PBS's Frontline, al-Arabiya, Al Jazeera, and NPR.