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Sheds light on Palestinian Muslim women's agency in shari‘a courts from the British Mandate period to the present. Brownson’s archival research on wife-initiated maintenance claims, divorce, and child custody cases deepens our understanding of women’s position in the courts, demonstrating Muslim women’s active participation in their legal affairs.

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This book will fascinate scholars and students in the field of Israeli-Palestinian history, gender, and empire. Brownson weaves together a nuanced presentation of the complex formal structures of Muslim family law in Mandate (and post-Mandate) Palestine with the actual experience of the women involved in it. Particularly striking is the degree to which women could bend a strongly patriarchal system to achieve their own needs.

Palestinian Women and Muslim Family Law in the Mandate Period

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
    Publication Date: 7/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780815636281, 978-0815636281
    ISBN10: 0815636288
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    Middle Eastern history Family law: children

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Sheds light on Palestinian Muslim women's agency in shari‘a courts from the British Mandate period to the present. Brownson’s archival research on wife-initiated maintenance claims, divorce, and child custody cases deepens our understanding of women’s position in the courts, demonstrating Muslim women’s active participation in their legal affairs.

    Trade Review
    This book will fascinate scholars and students in the field of Israeli-Palestinian history, gender, and empire. Brownson weaves together a nuanced presentation of the complex formal structures of Muslim family law in Mandate (and post-Mandate) Palestine with the actual experience of the women involved in it. Particularly striking is the degree to which women could bend a strongly patriarchal system to achieve their own needs.

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