Egypt: If only there was khul ...
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ISIM Review 17 Egyptian women are the first in the Middle East to have gained the right to unilateral divorce through a procedure called khul. This article in the ISIM Review explores how cartoons and films now depict khul in a negative way.
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http://www.isim.nl/files/Review_17/Review_17-50.pdf
Submitted on Wed, 06/21/2006 - 23:00
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