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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" …
The Gifts Of Mary Dunlap (1949-2003), Wendy Webster Williams
The Gifts Of Mary Dunlap (1949-2003), Wendy Webster Williams
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
I guess it never really occurred to me that Mary was mortal. It certainly never crossed my mind that I would somehow be around, alive and kicking, in a world without Mary in it. Mary Cynthia Dunlap, larger than life, a force of nature, who filled up a room with her presence, her tall solid self, her waving arms, her energy, her laugh, her voice, her words and words and more words, her hair that (of course) stood straight up on her head, electrified. Mary who, Saint Frances-like, rescued birds and fed them in her big palms, loved dogs and …