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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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/2039 |
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