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Cover illustration: Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah/Palestine. The permission was given by Wafa, Palestine News & Info Agency, thanks to Khoulud Assaf.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schneider, Irene (Professor of Islamic studies), author.
Title: Debating the law, creating gender : Sharia and lawmaking in Palestine, 2012–2018 / by Irene Schneider.
Description: Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2021] | Series: Women and gender, 1570–7628 ; 18 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020034023 (print) | LCCN 2020034024 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004442306 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004442313 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Divorce—Law and legislation—Palestine. | Women—Legal status, laws, etc.—Palestine. | Legislation (Islamic law)—Palestine—History. | Divorce (Islamic law) | Khulʻ (Islamic law) | Conflict of laws (Islamic law) | Conflict of laws—Divorce--Gaza Strip—Gaza. | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979 December 18)
Classification: LCC KMK577 .S36 2021 (print) | LCC KMK577 (ebook) | DDC 346.5694/20166—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020034023
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020034024
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ISSN 1570-7628
ISBN 978-90-04-44230-6 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-44231-3 (e-book)
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