Revisiting the Issue of Women’s Rights in Southern Yemen

The two Yemens were the first countries in the Arabian Peninsula to issue a comprehensive marriage law. While the southern law (1974) can be said to stand for a modern reading of Sharia, the northern code (1978) mixes local custom with Sharia. They were replaced in the summer of 1992 by a joint Pers...

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Main Author: Susanne Dahlgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa 2013-03-01
Series:Arabian Humanities
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/2039
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