Amira El Azhary Sonbol
Biographic Data
| ID | 4153726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amira El Azhary Sonbol |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amira El Azhary |
| FAMILY NAME | Sonbol |
| SIGNATURE | SONBOL A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History
A collection of 18 essays that covers a wide range of material and re-evaluates women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, family law, morality and violence.
Discourses on and Realities of the life of Canines among Arabs and Muslims
This paper is about the power of representation; it takes as specific focus an animal who has been made out to represent all that is impure in Islamic discourses. Not only are dogs regarded as unclean animals, but their entry into a person's home has been described to be a cause for refusal of angels to enter that home. In other words, good Muslims have to stay away from them. This is odd when the actual history and life of dogs among Arabs is st…
Negotiating and Disputing Marriage and Business in Early Modern Egypt and Palestine
Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World
Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World: Issues and Sources, edited by Randi Deguilhem. 160 pages, indices. Aix-en-Provence, France: European Science Foundation, 1998. 79FF. - Volume 35 Issue 2
Women in the Ottoman Empire
This collection of articles by 14 Middle East historians is a pathbreaking work in the history of Middle Eastern women prior to the contemporary era. The collection seeks to begin the task of reconstructing the history of (Muslim) women's experience in the middle centuries of the Ottoman era, between the mid-seventeenth century and the early nineteenth, prior to hegemonic European involvement in the region and prior to the "modernizing reforms' i…
Women, the family, and divorce laws in Islamic history
The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922.
This study of the early development of Egypt's medical profession confronts the Eurocentric view of the history of modern medicine and illustrates the complexities of modernization in a colonial setting. It demonstrates the importance of cultural continuity to any process of change.
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The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922.
This study of the early development of Egypt's medical profession confronts the Eurocentric view of the history of modern medicine and illustrates the complexities of modernization in a colonial setting. It demonstrates the importance of cultural continuity to any process of change.
Response to Starrett
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Women, the family, and divorce laws in Islamic history
Women in the Ottoman Empire
This collection of articles by 14 Middle East historians is a pathbreaking work in the history of Middle Eastern women prior to the contemporary era. The collection seeks to begin the task of reconstructing the history of (Muslim) women's experience in the middle centuries of the Ottoman era, between the mid-seventeenth century and the early nineteenth, prior to hegemonic European involvement in the region and prior to the "modernizing reforms' i…
Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World
Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World: Issues and Sources, edited by Randi Deguilhem. 160 pages, indices. Aix-en-Provence, France: European Science Foundation, 1998. 79FF. - Volume 35 Issue 2
Negotiating and Disputing Marriage and Business in Early Modern Egypt and Palestine
Discourses on and Realities of the life of Canines among Arabs and Muslims
This paper is about the power of representation; it takes as specific focus an animal who has been made out to represent all that is impure in Islamic discourses. Not only are dogs regarded as unclean animals, but their entry into a person's home has been described to be a cause for refusal of angels to enter that home. In other words, good Muslims have to stay away from them. This is odd when the actual history and life of dogs among Arabs is st…
Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History
A collection of 18 essays that covers a wide range of material and re-evaluates women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, family law, morality and violence.
History (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (2 works)