Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East

by Joseph, Suad

• ISBN13: 9780815628651
• ISBN10: 081562865X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

This volume offers provocative discussions and suggested strategies for change concerning the controversial issues of women's rights as citizens in the Middle East and offers an in-depth examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law, labor law, nationality, and social security law.

Table of Contents

Tables	xi
Foreword	xiii
Deniz Kandiyoti
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Contributors	xxvii
PART ONE THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION
Gendering Citizenship in the Middle East	3	(30)
Suad Joseph
PART TWO NORTH AFRICA
The Pitfalls of the Nationalist Discourses on Citizenship in Egypt	33	(25)
Mervat F. Hatem
Citizenship and Gender in Algeria	58	(30)
Marnia Lazreg
Becoming a Citizen
Lineage Versus Individual in Tunisia and Morocco	70	(18)
Mounira M. Charrad
The Islamic State and Gendered Citizenship in Sudan	88	(19)
Sondra Hale
PART THREE EASTERN ARAB STATES
Civic Myths, Citizenship, and Gender in Lebanon	107	(51)
Suad Joseph
Transit Citizens
Gender and Citizenship under the Palestinian Authority	137	(21)
Islah Jad
Penny Johnson
Rita Giacaman
Gender and Citizenship in Jordan	158	(27)
Abla Amawi
Gender and State in Iraq	185	(30)
Jacqueline S. Ismael
Shereen T. Ismael
PART FOUR THE ARAB GULF
The Concept and Practice of Citizenship in Saudi Arabia	215	(22)
Soraya Altorki
Citizenship, Gender, and the Politics of Quasi States	237	(38)
Haya Al-Mughni
Mary Ann Tetreault
Passports and Passages
Tests of Yemeni Women's Citizenship Rights	261	(14)
Sheila Carapico
Anna Wuerth
PART FIVE THE NON-ARAB MIDDLE EAST
Gender and Citizenship in Turkey	275	(39)
Yesim Arat
Iranian Women at the Intersection of Citizenship and the Family Code
The Perils of ``Islamic Criteria''	287	(27)
Homa Hoodfar
The Citizenship of Jewish and Palestinian Arab Women in Israel	314	(33)
Barbara Swirski
Works Cited	347	(34)
Index	381