A Tale of Two Women: The Milkmaid and the Empress | Zainab bint Younus
ONE LATE NIGHT, the second khalîfa ʿUmar ibn Al-Khaṭṭâb walked through the narrow streets of Madinah in silence, observing the state of his people. As he passed by one mud-brick home, two voices caught his attention. Both were female: one older and…