Nadia Sonneveld
Biographic Data
| ID | 1449189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nadia Sonneveld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nadia |
| FAMILY NAME | Sonneveld |
| SIGNATURE | SONNEVELD N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6415-4699 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Marriage across Different Migratory Movements: Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa
Laid to rest at home? The experiences of Sub-Saharan African migrants with death, burial, and ways of belonging in Morocco
In this article, we examine how migrants from West and Central Africa deal with death and burial on the way to and within Morocco. Broadly speaking, existing studies on death and migration fall into two categories. They either concentrate on the integration of regular migrants in the Global North – often former labour migrants and their descendants, many of whom have Muslim backgrounds – by analysing the extent to which host country laws, regulat…
Citizenship and grievability in migration: Policies and practices surrounding death and burial of Sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco
What space for the dead? The making of burial places for and by religious minorities in The Netherlands
In this article, we examine how religious minorities in the densely populated Netherlands manage burial norms in the face of scarcity of land. Using legal pluralism, we explore how local and national authorities; funeral agents; and three religious minority communities deal with the spatial and temporal dimensions of death and burial, both inside and outside the Dutch conurbation The Randstad, in a context where the Dutch tradition of consociatio…
The (Beard-) Veil Also Matters on Facebook: Syrian Men and Women Between Patriarchy and Revolution
This article discusses how the publishing of Syrian women’s photos on Facebook provokes controversy in Syrian Facebook communities, in the context of ongoing violent political upheaval. After the Arab uprising reached Syria in March 2011, Syrian men and women have been using Facebook extensively to fight for their rights. Yet, the photo of a young dead Syrian woman activist caused a heated debate on Facebook, because she was not wearing a veil. W…
Reforming Family Law: Social and Political Change in Jordan and Morocco. By Dörthe Engelcke
into the state-to the detriment of the Armenian community given its culmination with the massacres. .." lead to probing ideas (pp.4, 10, 164-5).Lastly, the analysis could be deeper and fuller by integrating into the narrative networks that involved Nahabed Rusinian (1819-76) and others in conversation with the American missionaries, a third party that made contributions to Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire.Despite these i…
Empirical understandings of informal citizenship and membership: Internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic Of Congo
In the last two decades, empirical scholars have asserted that citizenship may include memberships in political communities other than the nation-state. This paper is based on fieldwork (2015–2017) on the rights of Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides an empirically grounded analysis of the multiple political communities in which forced migrants take part and how membership in these communities helps t…
Male and Female Judges in Morocco Dealing with Minor Marriages: Towards a Relational Understanding of Family Law
Rather than being an exception, judicial permission for minor marriage has become a rule in Morocco. Based on legal analysis and anthropological fieldwork in 2015, I show that the gender of the judge does not significantly contribute to the way the provision on minor marriage is implemented in Moroccan courthouses. Instead, I argue in favour of an approach that is grounded in a relational understanding of law. Both male and female judges were man…
Khulʿ: Local Contours of a Global Phenomenon
This special issue of Islamic Law and Society takes a close look at contemporary manifestations of an Islamic divorce procedure known as khulʿ . Studying khulʿ is not an easy matter, in large part because it is not exactly clear what khulʿ is. Is khulʿ consensual or non-consensual, judicial or extrajudicial, fault or no-fault based? Does khulʿ result in ṭalāq (unilateral repudiation by a husband), or is it an entirely different form of divorce? I…
Divorce Reform in Egypt and Morocco: Men and Women Navigating Rights and Duties
This essay focuses on recent divorce reforms in Egypt (2000) and Morocco (2004), with equal attention to the positions of men and women who end their marriages. Whereas in Egypt, non-consensual, no-fault divorce reform ( khul‘ ) is open only to women, in Morocco, another form of non-consensual, no-fault divorce, shiqāq , is open to both women and men, with men using it almost as frequently as women. Based on legal analysis and anthropological fie…
Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts As Revolutionary?
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice offers a socio-legal account of public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries. Readership: Scholars, students, and practitioners interested in Law, Middle East Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Gender, and Religious Studies will find this an indispensable resource
Seeking Portia and the Duke: Male and Female Judges Dispensing Justice in Paternity Cases in Morocco
This chapter asks whether there is a difference in the way male and female judges dispense justice in paternity dispute cases in Morocco, one of the first Arabic-speaking countries to appoint women as judges. Building on recent fieldwork in different courts in Morocco, it provides ethnographic detail to a hotly debated scholarly issue, namely whether men and women have different ‘voices’ in the way they dispense justice. This chapter concludes th…
From the Liberation of Women to the Liberation of Men? A Century of Family Law Reform in Egypt
To what extent have notions of manhood and womanhood as incorporated in Egyptian Muslim family law changed over the course of almost a century of family law reforms, and why? In answering this question, I draw on the works of two Egyptian intellectuals, Qasim Amin and Azza Heikal, because they discussed ideas about manhood and womanhood in relation to Islamic religion and authoritarian rule. My analysis shows that there is a dire need within stud…
New Perspectives on Gender in Shari’a-Based Family Law Studies: Moving Beyond the Women’s Issue
n Contains fulltext :\n 177440.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Modernizing Patriarchy: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Morocco, written by Katja Žvan Elliott, 2015
Bastards: Outcasts in Morocco (Morocco). 2013, Color, 82 min. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Director: Deborah Perkin; Producer: Deborah Perkin; Distributor: Deborah Perkin Media Ltd Pro…
Bastards: Outcasts in Morocco (Morocco). 2013, Color, 82 min. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Director: Deborah Perkin; Producer: Deborah Perkin; Distributor: Deborah Perkin Media Ltd Production in association with Film Agency for Wales - Volume 50 Issue 2
Gender, Islam and judgeship in Egypt
The issue of women serving as judges has been a contentious one in Egyptian society for nearly eight decades. While other Muslim majority countries started appointing women judges as early as the 1950s and 1960s, it was not until 2003 that the Egyptian government announced the appointment of its first ever female judge. Despite the approval of Egypt's religious scholars, her appointment was fiercely contested, among both the general public and th…
Introduction: Shariʿa in Revolution? A Comparative Overview of Pre- and Post- Revolutionary Developments in Shariʿa-Based Family Law Legislation in Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, and Tunisia
In 2011, the world witnessed how massive civil resistance by men andwomen alike led to the forced departure of long-serving authoritarian leaders in the Arabworld. In the present transitional period in which constitutions have been suspended and newdefinitions of citizenship are being debated, women’s rights and family law have neverthelessemerged as contentious areas in the Arab World. These have been portrayed as symbols ofthe old regime and as…
A Revolution in Muslim Family Law? Egypt’s Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Period (2011-2013) Compared
In the weeks following the Egyptian revolution of 2011, a group of divorced fathersrose to demand a “revolution in family law.” Portraying extant family law provisions assymbolic of the old regime and as deviating from the principles of shariʿa, their call was givenprominent media attention and, in the ensuing transitional period (2011 to 2013), women’srights and family law emerged as contentious areas in Egypt.By comparing public debates on fami…
No One's above the Law
In Israel, a sergeant of Russian origin is killed in a Hezbollah ambush in 1998. Instead of being buried in a Jewish cemetery, his body is buried in Russia; the sergeant is not born to a Jewish mother and therefore the Israeli religious authorities do not consider him a Jew.1 In Egypt, a famous Orthodox Copt Egyptian actress wants to divorce her husband. The Church does not allow her to do so, and she migrates to another denomination: the Syrian …
Khul' Divorce in Egypt: Public Debates, Judicial Practices, and Everyday Life
What space for the dead? The making of burial places for and by religious minorities in The Netherlands
In this article, we examine how religious minorities in the densely populated Netherlands manage burial norms in the face of scarcity of land. Using legal pluralism, we explore how local and national authorities; funeral agents; and three religious minority communities deal with the spatial and temporal dimensions of death and burial, both inside and outside the Dutch conurbation The Randstad, in a context where the Dutch tradition of consociatio…
Empirical understandings of informal citizenship and membership: Internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic Of Congo
In the last two decades, empirical scholars have asserted that citizenship may include memberships in political communities other than the nation-state. This paper is based on fieldwork (2015–2017) on the rights of Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides an empirically grounded analysis of the multiple political communities in which forced migrants take part and how membership in these communities helps t…
Male and Female Judges in Morocco Dealing with Minor Marriages: Towards a Relational Understanding of Family Law
Rather than being an exception, judicial permission for minor marriage has become a rule in Morocco. Based on legal analysis and anthropological fieldwork in 2015, I show that the gender of the judge does not significantly contribute to the way the provision on minor marriage is implemented in Moroccan courthouses. Instead, I argue in favour of an approach that is grounded in a relational understanding of law. Both male and female judges were man…
Khulʿ: Local Contours of a Global Phenomenon
This special issue of Islamic Law and Society takes a close look at contemporary manifestations of an Islamic divorce procedure known as khulʿ . Studying khulʿ is not an easy matter, in large part because it is not exactly clear what khulʿ is. Is khulʿ consensual or non-consensual, judicial or extrajudicial, fault or no-fault based? Does khulʿ result in ṭalāq (unilateral repudiation by a husband), or is it an entirely different form of divorce? I…
Divorce Reform in Egypt and Morocco: Men and Women Navigating Rights and Duties
This essay focuses on recent divorce reforms in Egypt (2000) and Morocco (2004), with equal attention to the positions of men and women who end their marriages. Whereas in Egypt, non-consensual, no-fault divorce reform ( khul‘ ) is open only to women, in Morocco, another form of non-consensual, no-fault divorce, shiqāq , is open to both women and men, with men using it almost as frequently as women. Based on legal analysis and anthropological fie…
New Perspectives on Gender in Shari’a-Based Family Law Studies: Moving Beyond the Women’s Issue
n Contains fulltext :\n 177440.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
A Revolution in Muslim Family Law? Egypt’s Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Period (2011-2013) Compared
In the weeks following the Egyptian revolution of 2011, a group of divorced fathersrose to demand a “revolution in family law.” Portraying extant family law provisions assymbolic of the old regime and as deviating from the principles of shariʿa, their call was givenprominent media attention and, in the ensuing transitional period (2011 to 2013), women’srights and family law emerged as contentious areas in Egypt.By comparing public debates on fami…
Khul' Divorce in Egypt: Public Debates, Judicial Practices, and Everyday Life
No One's above the Law
In Israel, a sergeant of Russian origin is killed in a Hezbollah ambush in 1998. Instead of being buried in a Jewish cemetery, his body is buried in Russia; the sergeant is not born to a Jewish mother and therefore the Israeli religious authorities do not consider him a Jew.1 In Egypt, a famous Orthodox Copt Egyptian actress wants to divorce her husband. The Church does not allow her to do so, and she migrates to another denomination: the Syrian …
Gender, Islam and judgeship in Egypt
The issue of women serving as judges has been a contentious one in Egyptian society for nearly eight decades. While other Muslim majority countries started appointing women judges as early as the 1950s and 1960s, it was not until 2003 that the Egyptian government announced the appointment of its first ever female judge. Despite the approval of Egypt's religious scholars, her appointment was fiercely contested, among both the general public and th…
Introduction: Shariʿa in Revolution? A Comparative Overview of Pre- and Post- Revolutionary Developments in Shariʿa-Based Family Law Legislation in Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, and Tunisia
In 2011, the world witnessed how massive civil resistance by men andwomen alike led to the forced departure of long-serving authoritarian leaders in the Arabworld. In the present transitional period in which constitutions have been suspended and newdefinitions of citizenship are being debated, women’s rights and family law have neverthelessemerged as contentious areas in the Arab World. These have been portrayed as symbols ofthe old regime and as…
A Revolution in Muslim Family Law? Egypt’s Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Period (2011-2013) Compared
In the weeks following the Egyptian revolution of 2011, a group of divorced fathersrose to demand a “revolution in family law.” Portraying extant family law provisions assymbolic of the old regime and as deviating from the principles of shariʿa, their call was givenprominent media attention and, in the ensuing transitional period (2011 to 2013), women’srights and family law emerged as contentious areas in Egypt.By comparing public debates on fami…
Bastards: Outcasts in Morocco (Morocco). 2013, Color, 82 min. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Director: Deborah Perkin; Producer: Deborah Perkin; Distributor: Deborah Perkin Media Ltd Pro…
Bastards: Outcasts in Morocco (Morocco). 2013, Color, 82 min. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Director: Deborah Perkin; Producer: Deborah Perkin; Distributor: Deborah Perkin Media Ltd Production in association with Film Agency for Wales - Volume 50 Issue 2
Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts As Revolutionary?
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice offers a socio-legal account of public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries. Readership: Scholars, students, and practitioners interested in Law, Middle East Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Gender, and Religious Studies will find this an indispensable resource
Seeking Portia and the Duke: Male and Female Judges Dispensing Justice in Paternity Cases in Morocco
This chapter asks whether there is a difference in the way male and female judges dispense justice in paternity dispute cases in Morocco, one of the first Arabic-speaking countries to appoint women as judges. Building on recent fieldwork in different courts in Morocco, it provides ethnographic detail to a hotly debated scholarly issue, namely whether men and women have different ‘voices’ in the way they dispense justice. This chapter concludes th…
From the Liberation of Women to the Liberation of Men? A Century of Family Law Reform in Egypt
To what extent have notions of manhood and womanhood as incorporated in Egyptian Muslim family law changed over the course of almost a century of family law reforms, and why? In answering this question, I draw on the works of two Egyptian intellectuals, Qasim Amin and Azza Heikal, because they discussed ideas about manhood and womanhood in relation to Islamic religion and authoritarian rule. My analysis shows that there is a dire need within stud…
New Perspectives on Gender in Shari’a-Based Family Law Studies: Moving Beyond the Women’s Issue
n Contains fulltext :\n 177440.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Modernizing Patriarchy: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Morocco, written by Katja Žvan Elliott, 2015
Khulʿ: Local Contours of a Global Phenomenon
This special issue of Islamic Law and Society takes a close look at contemporary manifestations of an Islamic divorce procedure known as khulʿ . Studying khulʿ is not an easy matter, in large part because it is not exactly clear what khulʿ is. Is khulʿ consensual or non-consensual, judicial or extrajudicial, fault or no-fault based? Does khulʿ result in ṭalāq (unilateral repudiation by a husband), or is it an entirely different form of divorce? I…
Divorce Reform in Egypt and Morocco: Men and Women Navigating Rights and Duties
This essay focuses on recent divorce reforms in Egypt (2000) and Morocco (2004), with equal attention to the positions of men and women who end their marriages. Whereas in Egypt, non-consensual, no-fault divorce reform ( khul‘ ) is open only to women, in Morocco, another form of non-consensual, no-fault divorce, shiqāq , is open to both women and men, with men using it almost as frequently as women. Based on legal analysis and anthropological fie…
Male and Female Judges in Morocco Dealing with Minor Marriages: Towards a Relational Understanding of Family Law
Rather than being an exception, judicial permission for minor marriage has become a rule in Morocco. Based on legal analysis and anthropological fieldwork in 2015, I show that the gender of the judge does not significantly contribute to the way the provision on minor marriage is implemented in Moroccan courthouses. Instead, I argue in favour of an approach that is grounded in a relational understanding of law. Both male and female judges were man…
Reforming Family Law: Social and Political Change in Jordan and Morocco. By Dörthe Engelcke
into the state-to the detriment of the Armenian community given its culmination with the massacres. .." lead to probing ideas (pp.4, 10, 164-5).Lastly, the analysis could be deeper and fuller by integrating into the narrative networks that involved Nahabed Rusinian (1819-76) and others in conversation with the American missionaries, a third party that made contributions to Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire.Despite these i…
Empirical understandings of informal citizenship and membership: Internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic Of Congo
In the last two decades, empirical scholars have asserted that citizenship may include memberships in political communities other than the nation-state. This paper is based on fieldwork (2015–2017) on the rights of Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides an empirically grounded analysis of the multiple political communities in which forced migrants take part and how membership in these communities helps t…
What space for the dead? The making of burial places for and by religious minorities in The Netherlands
In this article, we examine how religious minorities in the densely populated Netherlands manage burial norms in the face of scarcity of land. Using legal pluralism, we explore how local and national authorities; funeral agents; and three religious minority communities deal with the spatial and temporal dimensions of death and burial, both inside and outside the Dutch conurbation The Randstad, in a context where the Dutch tradition of consociatio…
The (Beard-) Veil Also Matters on Facebook: Syrian Men and Women Between Patriarchy and Revolution
This article discusses how the publishing of Syrian women’s photos on Facebook provokes controversy in Syrian Facebook communities, in the context of ongoing violent political upheaval. After the Arab uprising reached Syria in March 2011, Syrian men and women have been using Facebook extensively to fight for their rights. Yet, the photo of a young dead Syrian woman activist caused a heated debate on Facebook, because she was not wearing a veil. W…
Citizenship and grievability in migration: Policies and practices surrounding death and burial of Sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco
Marriage across Different Migratory Movements: Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa
Laid to rest at home? The experiences of Sub-Saharan African migrants with death, burial, and ways of belonging in Morocco
In this article, we examine how migrants from West and Central Africa deal with death and burial on the way to and within Morocco. Broadly speaking, existing studies on death and migration fall into two categories. They either concentrate on the integration of regular migrants in the Global North – often former labour migrants and their descendants, many of whom have Muslim backgrounds – by analysing the extent to which host country laws, regulat…
Political science (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Law (14 works) · Islamic Studies and History (12 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Islam (5 works)