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Women, Property and Islam: Palestinian Experiences, 1920 1990

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521474973, 9780521474979
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15575549 bytes)
Edition
Hardcover
Pages
285\288
Time added
2018-12-01 01:20:33

Description

According to Islamic law, women are entitled to inherit property, receive a dower at marriage, and to manage their own income. In practice, however, this is not always the case. In an anthropological study of Palestinian women from different stratas of society, Annelies Moors examines under what circumstances they claim property rights and when they are prevented from doing so. The combination of oral history and written legal sources presents an informed and sophisticated challenge to the conclusions of existing literature on the region.

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