Of Knots and Needles

This article presents knots, needles, and spindles as material archives of women’s labor and magical knowledge through an examination of tibb al-rukka (the medicine of the distaff) in modern Egypt. It then traces the practice of knot magic in the Mediterranean and Islamicate world to consider the interwoven, transtemporal histories of domestic work, magic, and marginalization.

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West 86th
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2025-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.1086/737606
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Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
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Of Knots and Needles

Taylor M. Moore
West 86th
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Of Knots and Needles

Taylor M. Moore
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Abstract

This article presents knots, needles, and spindles as material archives of women’s labor and magical knowledge through an examination of tibb al-rukka (the medicine of the distaff) in modern Egypt. It then traces the practice of knot magic in the Mediterranean and Islamicate world to consider the interwoven, transtemporal histories of domestic work, magic, and marginalization.

West 86thVol. 32(1)
Yale University (US)
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Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
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