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Personal Status Laws in Egypt are the secular translation of religious law into the modern legal system. These laws address a variety of issues, but are mainly concerned with regulation of the family and marital relationships. Personal Status Laws are politically controversial, …

Despite numerous attempts at reform over the past decade and a half, the Jordanian government has failed to permanently amend its Personal Status Law (PSL). One of the most controversial issues standing in the way of reform is women's right to divorce. In 2001, Jordan introduced…

This dissertation investigates the practice of sectarianism as well as the remaking of sectarian forms of identification among the Lebanese Shi`i community during the first half of the twentieth century. Shi`i religious scholars, the colonial state, new political leaderships as …

My motivation for pursuing this project is to address the legal injustices being perpetrated against women in Islamic societies that are justified as "manifestations of God's will." Injustices against women in Islamic societies are caused by a number of factors. In this project,…