Research Catalog

Title

Khulʻ divorce in Egypt : public debates, judicial practices, and everyday life / Nadia Sonneveld.

Author

Sonneveld, Nadia.

Publication

Cairo, Egypt ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

xv, 229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

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 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.

Subject

• Divorce > Social aspects > Egypt
• Divorce > Law and legislation > Egypt
• Divorce > Egypt
• Domestic relations > Egypt
• Khulʻ (Islamic law)
• Law
• Divorce
• Divorce > Law and legislation
• Divorce > Social aspects
• Domestic relations
• Ehescheidungsrecht
• Egypt
• Ägypten
• Ägypten

Note

• "Dar el Kutub No. 24571/11."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.

Contents

Part 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.

ISBN

• 9789774164842
• 9774164849

LCCN

2012472119

OCLC

• ocn795174546
• 795174546
• SCSB-1655756

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library