{"product_id":"women-of-jordan-islam-labor-and-the-law-hardcover","title":"Women of Jordan: Islam, Labor, and the Law - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmira El-Azhary Sonbol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first book to address the dilemma faced by Jordanian women in the workforce, Amira El-Azhary Sonbol delineates the constraints that exist in a number of legal practices, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Leniency in honor crimes and early marriage and motherhood for girls are other factors that extend the patriarchal power throughout a woman's life, and ultimately deny her full legal competency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSignificantly, Sonbol notes that society's accepting as \"Islamic\" the legal constraints that control women's work constitutes a major barrier to any effort to change them, even though historically the Islamic sharia actually encourages women's work, and despite the fact that Muslim women have contributed materially to their society's\u003cbr\u003eeconomy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author covers new ground as she effectively illustrates how Jordanian laws governing gender, family, and work combine with laws and legal philosophies derived from tribal, traditional, Islamic, and modern laws to form a strict patriarchal structure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmira EI-Azhary Sonbol\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of Islamic history, law, and society at Georgetown University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922, \u003c\/i\u003eand is editor of \u003ci\u003eWomen, the Family, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Divorce Laws in Islamic History, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by Syracuse University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.58 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45928836366533,"sku":"9780815629641","price":25.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/MDlRQDK0GO9780815629641.webp?v=1772650825","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/women-of-jordan-islam-labor-and-the-law-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}