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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sonneveld, Nadia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Divorce--Law and legislation--Egypt.

Divorce.

Divorce--Egypt.

Khulʻ (Islamic law).

Divorce--Law and legislation.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Contents:

The Public Debate on Khul'

1 Maintenance and Obedience: A History of Personal Status Law in Egypt 17

2 The 'Khul' Law' Criticized: The First Pen 35

3 Films and Cartoons: The Second Pen 59

The Implementation of Khul' in Court and Everyday Life

4 The Mahr 83

5 Reconciliation and Mediation in Court 105

6 Out-of-Court Mediation: Family and Friendship Relations in Egypt 133

7 Informal Marriages and Polygyny 159

8 Conclusion 185.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Amsterdam, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index.

ISBN:

9789774164842

9774164849

OCLC:

795174546