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Khul´ Divorce in Egypt: Public Debates, Judicial Practices, and Everyday Life
Nadia Sonneveld
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Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Egyptian women gained the unique right to divorce their husbands unilaterally through a procedure called khul'. This has been a controversial application; notwithstanding attempts to present the law as being grounded in Islamic law, opponents claim that khul' is a privileged women's law, and a western conspiracy aimed at destroying Egyptian family life and, by extension, Egyptian society. In Khul' Divorce in Egypt, Nadia Sonneveld explores the nature of the public debates--including the portrayal of khul' in films and cartoons--while an examination of the application of khul' in the courts and everyday life ... Read more
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Egyptian women gained the unique right to divorce their husbands unilaterally through a procedure called khul'. This has been a controversial application; notwithstanding attempts to present the law as being grounded in Islamic law, opponents claim that khul' is a privileged women's law, and a western conspiracy aimed at destroying Egyptian family life and, by extension, Egyptian society. In Khul' Divorce in Egypt, Nadia Sonneveld explores the nature of the public debates--including the portrayal of khul' in films and cartoons--while an examination of the application of khul' in the courts and everyday life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
229
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774164842
SKU
V9789774164842
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About Nadia Sonneveld
Nadia Sonneveld is senior researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute of Law, Governance and Development, Faculty of Law, University of Leiden. Her research focuses on the implementation of sharia-based legislation in the courts of Egypt, Indonesia and Pakistan.
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