The eighteen essays in this volume cover a wide range of material and reevaluate women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a...

The eighteen essays in this volume cover a wide range of material and reevaluate women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, children and family law, morality, and violence.

Author: Amira El-Azhary Sonbol
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 06/01/1996
Pages: 378
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780815603832

About the Author
Amira El Azhary Sonbol is assistant professor of society, history and law at Georgetown University, and the author of The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922, also published by Syracuse University Press.