{"product_id":"khula-divorce-in-egypt-nadia-sonneveld-9789774164842","title":"Khula Divorce in Egypt: Public Debates, Judicial Practices, and Everyday Life","description":"At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Egyptian women gained the unique right to divorce their husbands unilaterally through a procedure called \u003cem\u003ekhul'\u003c\/em\u003e. This has been a controversial application; notwithstanding attempts to present the law as being grounded in Islamic law, opponents claim that\u003cem\u003e khul'\u003c\/em\u003e is a privileged women's law, and a western conspiracy aimed at destroying Egyptian family life and, by extension, Egyptian society.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKhul' Divorce in Egypt\u003c\/em\u003e, Nadia Sonneveld explores the nature of the public debates-including the portrayal of \u003cem\u003ekhul' \u003c\/em\u003ein films and cartoons-while an examination of the application of \u003cem\u003ekhul' \u003c\/em\u003ein 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 \u003cem\u003ekhul'\u003c\/em\u003e; they merely reflect profound changes in the institutions of marriage and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadia Sonneveld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9774164849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789774164842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Nadia Sonneveld","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44522603020543,"sku":"9789774164842","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f179f1f-4fc0-4958-87fa-b4a05383f966.jpg?v=1700158108","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/khula-divorce-in-egypt-nadia-sonneveld-9789774164842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}