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Egyptian Feminism: Trapped In The Identity Debate, Lama Abu-Odeh
Egyptian Feminism: Trapped In The Identity Debate, Lama Abu-Odeh
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This Article argues that if we wish to account for the limited gains made in the area of family law reform in Egypt in the twentieth century, it is crucial to relate the debate on family law with another debate, one revolving around the identity of the Egyptian legal system. Whereas the dispute over family law reform forced decisions on gender and the family, the contest surrounding identity centered on the ongoing and agonized struggle by Egyptians to define the nature of their country's contemporary cultural identity. The question of identity was often framed as a debate over the "character" …
Modernizing Muslim Family Law: The Case Of Egypt, Lama Abu-Odeh
Modernizing Muslim Family Law: The Case Of Egypt, Lama Abu-Odeh
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The Author discusses the dynamics of family law reforms in modern Egypt as an instance of similar dynamics of reforms in other Muslim countries. The forces that push for reforms as well as those that try to limit them are also introduced. The Author begins by describing the historical legal background shared by the vast majority of Muslim countries, including Egypt. An account of the general evolution of Islamic law-from a dominant system existing within an Islamic state to a subordinate system existing within an overall secularized legal system characterized by legal borrowing from European codes-is given. Islamic law has …