Overview

The volume serves as reference point for anyone interested in the Middle East and North Africa as well as for those interested in women's rights and family law, generally or in the MENA region. It is the only book covering personal status codes of nearly a dozen countries. It covers Muslim family law in the following Middle East/north African countries: Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and Qatar. Some of these countries were heavily affected by the Arab Spring, and some were not. With authors from around the world, each chapter of the book provides a history of personal status law both before and after the revolutionary period. Tunisia emerges as the country that made the most significant progress politically and with respect to women's rights. A decade on from the Arab Spring, across the region there is more evidence of stasis than change.

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Author:   Adrien K. Wing (University of Iowa) ,  Hisham A. Kassim (Kassim Legal, PLLC, Washington, DC)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781107023529

ISBN 10:   1107023521
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: family law and gender in the Middle East after the Arab Spring Adrien Katherine Wing and Hisham Kassim; 1. Sustained reforms: family law in Tunisia Mounira M. Charrad and Hyun Jeong Ha; 2. Family law in Egypt Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron; 3. Women's rights in the Moroccan family code: caught between change and continuity Stephanie Willman Bordat and Saida Kouzzi; 4. Postponing equality in the Algerian family code Stephanie Willman Bordat and Saida Kouzzi; 5. Juristic and legislative rulemaking: a history of the personal status code of Iraq, 1959–2020 Haider Ala Hamoudi; 6. The status of Muslim Women in the mosaic of Islamic family law in Lebanon Nada Ammar; 7. In circles we go: a brief historical overview of the Jordanian personal status law Sara Ababneh; 8. The Palestinian minority in Israel Michael Moussa Karayanni; 9. West Bank and Gaza personal status law Jonathan Kuttab and Adrien Wing; 10. Qatari family law, when custom meets Shari'a Lina Mohammed Kassem.

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Adrien K. Wing is Associate Dean for International and Comparative Programs at the University of Iowa College of Law, where she has taught for over thirty-five years. She is also the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law. Author of over 150 publications, her courses include Law in the Muslim World. Hisham A. Kassim is a seasoned attorney at Kassim Legal, PLLC, Washington DC who represents a wide range of international and MENA-based clients. Kassim is fluent in Arabic and English and is a published scholar in major US law reviews.

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