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Author Brownson, Elizabeth, author.

Title Palestinian women and Muslim family law in the mandate period / Elizabeth Brownson
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2019
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 214 pages)
Series Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
Contents Introduction: the court, the law, and the colonial context -- The historical, legal, and social setting -- He left me without maintenance -- I give up all of my rights before and after the divorce -- He took my child : the mother's temporary caretaking period -- A Muslim woman is free : further insights from interviewees -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2019)
Subject Women, Palestinian Arab.
Women (Islamic law)
Islamic courts.
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
Women -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
Sex discrimination against women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Islamic courts
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
Sex discrimination against women
Women
Women (Islamic law)
Women, Palestinian Arab
Familienrecht
Frau
Middle East -- Palestine
Palästina
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019020369
ISBN 9780815654742
081565474X