Women, the family, and divorce laws in Islamic history [electronic resource] / edited by Amira El Azhary Sonbol ; with a foreword by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

The eighteen essays in this volume cover a wide range of material and reevaluate women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, children and family law, morality, and violence.