Family Law and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa

Adrien K. Wing is Associate Dean for International and Comparative Programs at the University of Iowa College of Law, where she has taught for over thirty-five years. She is also the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law. Author of over 150 publications, her courses include Law in the Muslim World. Hisham A. Kassim is a seasoned attorney at Kassim Legal, PLLC, Washington DC who represents a wide range of international and MENA-based clients. Kassim is fluent in Arabic and English and is a published scholar in major US law reviews.

Introduction: family law and gender in the Middle East after the Arab Spring Adrien Katherine Wing and Hisham Kassim; 1. Sustained reforms: family law in Tunisia Mounira M. Charrad and Hyun Jeong Ha; 2. Family law in Egypt Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron; 3. Women's rights in the Moroccan family code: caught between change and continuity Stephanie Willman Bordat and Saida Kouzzi; 4. Postponing equality in the Algerian family code Stephanie Willman Bordat and Saida Kouzzi; 5. Juristic and legislative rulemaking: a history of the personal status code of Iraq, 1959–2020 Haider Ala Hamoudi; 6. The status of Muslim Women in the mosaic of Islamic family law in Lebanon Nada Ammar; 7. In circles we go: a brief historical overview of the Jordanian personal status law Sara Ababneh; 8. The Palestinian minority in Israel Michael Moussa Karayanni; 9. West Bank and Gaza personal status law Jonathan Kuttab and Adrien Wing; 10. Qatari family law, when custom meets Shari'a Lina Mohammed Kassem.