Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
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Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, a British Muslim author, served as Head of Religious Studies at William Gee High School, Hull, England. Her original name is Rosalynn Rushbrook
She married poet George Morris Kendrick in 1964 and then had a son and daughter, but later divorced. In 1990 she remarried a Pakistani Waris Ali Maqsood but later divorced. Before embracing Islam in 1986, she was a Protestant Christian who earned a degree in theology and wrote on Biblical themes for several mainstream publishers. Maqsood has written over forty books on various aspects of religion, including a book on counselling for Muslim teenagers and a volume of poetry. Her most well-known and admired book is The Muslim Marriage Guide (ISBN 091595799X). She is a Muslim feminist and has a keen interest in Islamic history and promoting knowledge of Islam to non-Muslims.
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