Amira El-Azhary Sonbol 
Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History [EPUB ebook] 

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.

Über den Autor

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.