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Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition

By: Shahla Hussain

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Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition

By: Shahla Hussain

Historically grounded study of post-partition Kashmir that places Kashmir and Kashmiris at the centre of the historical debate.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108490468

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9781108490467

No Shame for the Sun

Lives of Professional Pakistani Women

By: Shahla Haeri

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No Shame for the Sun

Lives of Professional Pakistani Women

By: Shahla Haeri

This groundbreaking work sheds new light on the status, conflicts, and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of professional Muslim women that is rarely, if ever, acknowledged in the West. These women tell of conflicts and compromises with family, kin, and community, while facing violence, archaic marriage rules, and locally entrenched codes of conduct. With brave eloquence they speak of human dignity and gender equality, of economic deprivation and social justice, and of feminism and fundamentalism. Challenging stereotypes, No Shame for the Sun reveals the uniqueness of each person and diversity in the life experience of Pakistani Muslim women, including their world views and the struggles to change their society. Through their struggles, professional Pakistani women have become conscious of their own and other women's situations in their country. Because they exercise power and authority in their chosen fields, they risk losing their families' support and antagonizing their communities. Carefully detailed and meticulously researched, this book offers a much-needed perspective on the changing circumstances of Pakistani women along with a view of established patterns and structural constraints within Pakistan. On a broader level, it examines Western misconceptions regarding Islam, a religion that crosses many borders and cultures.

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492

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Syracuse University Press

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0815629796

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9780815629795

Court Mediation Reform

Efficiency, Confidence and Perceptions of Justice

By: Shahla F. Ali

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Court Mediation Reform

Efficiency, Confidence and Perceptions of Justice

By: Shahla F. Ali

As judiciaries advance, exploring how court mediation programs can provide opportunities for party-directed reconciliation whilst ensuring access to formal legal channels requires careful investigation. Court Mediation Reform explores comparative empirical findings in order to examine the association between court mediation structure and perceptions of justice, efficiency and confidence in courts.

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237

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1786435861

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9781786435866

Law of Desire

Temporary Marriage in Shi’i Iran, Revised Edition

By: Shahla Haeri

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Law of Desire

Temporary Marriage in Shi’i Iran, Revised Edition

By: Shahla Haeri

As an Iranian Muslim woman and a granddaughter of a well-known ayatollah, Shahla Haeri was accepted into the communities where she conducted her fieldwork on mut’a, temporary marriage. Mut’a is legally sanctioned among the Twelver Shi’ites who live predominantly in Iran. Drawing on rich interviews that would have been denied a Western anthropologist, the author describes the concept of a temporary-marriage contract, in which a man and an unmarried woman (virgin, widow, or divorcee) decide how long they want to stay married to each other (from one hour to ninety-nine years) and how much money is to be given to the temporary wife. Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, the regime has conduction an intensive campaign to revitalize this form of marriage, and Shi’i ulama (religious scholars) support it as positive, self-affirming, and cognizant of human needs. Challenged by secularly educated urban Iranian women, and men and by the West, the ulama have been called upon to address themselves to the implications of this custom for modern Iranian society, to respond to the changes that mut’a is legally equivalent to hire or lease, that it is abusive of women, and that it is in fact legalized prostitution. Law if Desire thus makes available previously untapped and undocumented data about an institution in which sexuality, morality, religious rules, secular laws, and cultural practices converge. This important work will be of interest to cultural anthropologist, religious scholars, scholars of the Middle East, and lawyers as well as to those interested in the role of women in Islamic society.

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322

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Syracuse University Press

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0815652941

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9780815652946

The Unforgettable Queens of Islam

Succession, Authority, Gender

By: Shahla Haeri

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The Unforgettable Queens of Islam

Succession, Authority, Gender

By: Shahla Haeri

A cross-cultural and ethno-historical perspective exploring the lives and legacies of several Muslim women rulers from medieval to modern times.

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283

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Cambridge University Press

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1107123038

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A Bed for the King's Daughter

By: Shahla Ujayli

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A Bed for the King's Daughter

By: Shahla Ujayli

A groundbreaking collection of experimental short fiction by award-winning Syrian author and Booker International Prize for Arabic Fiction nominee Shahla Ujayli, A Bed for the King’s Daughter uses surrealism and irony to examine such themes as women’s agency, the decline of collective life and imagination under modernity, and the effects of social and political corruption on daily life. In “The Memoir of Cinderella’s Shoes,” Cinderella uses her famous glass slipper as a weapon in order to take justice into her own hands. In “Tell Me About Surrealism,” an art history professor’s writing assignment reveals the slipperiness of storytelling, and in “Merry Christmas,” the realities of apartheid interfere with one family’s celebration. Through twenty-two short stories, Ujayli animates—with brevity and inventiveness—themes relevant to both the particularities of life in the Arab world and life outside it.

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University of Texas Press

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1477322302

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A Bed for the King's Daughter

By: Shahla Ujayli

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Book's by Shahla Hussain

Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition

Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition

No Shame for the Sun

No Shame for the Sun

Court Mediation Reform

Court Mediation Reform

Law of Desire

Law of Desire

The Unforgettable Queens of Islam

The Unforgettable Queens of Islam

A Bed for the King's Daughter

A Bed for the King's Daughter

A Bed for the King's Daughter

A Bed for the King's Daughter

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