Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

Amira El-Azhary Sonbol (Editor)
$19.95
Publication Date: June 1st, 1996
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
ISBN:
9780815603832
Pages:
378
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Description

The eighteen essays in this volume cover a wide range of material and reevaluate women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, children and family law, morality, and violence.

About the Author

Amira El Azhary Sonbol is assistant professor of society, history and law at Georgetown University, and the author of The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922, also published by Syracuse University Press.

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