The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures 2010–2020 has been ten years in the making, though, in some sense it has been over two decades in the making. The EWIC Project was formally launched by Brill in 1998. EWIC 2010–2020 would not exist without Brill. All the Brill editors and staff have been immensely supportive of EWIC from the first invitation I received in 1994 to discuss the idea of an encyclopedia. EWIC 2010–2020, however, first and foremost, is indebted to Nicolette van der Hoek, our sen…