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100 1 $aSonneveld, Nadia.
245 10 $aKhulʻ divorce in Egypt :$bpublic debates, judicial practices, and everyday life /$cNadia Sonneveld.
260 $aCairo, Egypt ;$aNew York :$bThe American University in Cairo Press,$c2012.
300 $axv, 229 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally presented as the authorʼs thesis (doctoral)--University of Amsterdam, 2009.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.
505 0 $aPart I. The public debate on khulʻ. 1. Maintenance and obedience: a history of personal status law in Egypt --- 2. The 'khulʻ law' criticized: the first pen --- 3. Films and cartoons: the second pen ---- Part II. The implementation of khulʻ in court and everyday life. 4. The Mahr --- 5. Reconciliation and mediation in court --- 6. Out-of-court mediation: family and friendship relations in Egypt --- 7. Informal marriages and polygyny --- 8. Conclusion.
520 $aAt 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 relates and compares this debate to the actual implementation of the procedure. She makes it clear that the points of controversy bear little resemblance to the lives of the lower-middle-class women who apply for khul'; they merely reflect profound changes in the institutions of marriage and family. -- Publisher description.
650 0 $aDivorce$xLaw and legislation$zEgypt.
650 0 $aDivorce$zEgypt.
650 0 $aKhulʻ (Islamic law)
650 0 $aDivorce$xSocial aspects$zEgypt.
650 0 $aDomestic relations$zEgypt.
752 $aEgypt$dCairo.
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