Marriage Patterns in the Arab World - Spring/Summer 2001 - Issues 93-94

Vol. 25 (2001)

In Arab societies, women’s role is predominantly linked to the domestic sphere. The family is seen as a pivotal axis of society, a basic unit that demands that women devote all their time and energy to it. Over the past decades, there has been notable transformation in gender relations in Arab societies particularly in urban areas, and women have gained greater degrees of freedom.

AiW News

Fay Afaf Kanafani Recounts

Lebanese American University

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Book Reviews

Dunyazad

May Telmissany

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Editorial

Nawal El Saadawi: Better to Pay and be Free than to Pay and be Oppressed

Samira Aghacy

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Testimonies

Miriam Sfeir

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The 1998 Proposed Civil Marriage Law in Lebanon: The Reaction of the Muslim Communities

Nadia M. EI-Cheikh

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The Marriage Mystery: Exploring Late Marriage in MENA

Manal Omar

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Selves of Wives and Selves of Daughters

Najla Hamadeh

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Reflections on the impact of Education on Marriage

Maysa EI-Hajj

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The Costs of Marriage in Egypt

Diane Singerman, Barbara Ibrahim

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Misyar Marriage

Shirine Jurdi

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Selection of the Spouse and the Network of Matrimonial Alliances Among the Maronites in Mount Lebanon Between 1830 and 1914: A Study of Three Cases

Annie Tohme-Tabet

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Marriage, Madness and Murder in Alia Mamdouh’s Mothballs and Salwa Bakr’s The Golden Chariot

Abir Hamdar

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