* A Century After Qasim Amin:
fictive Kinship and Historical Uses of ‘Tahrir al-Mar’a’
[BY MALEK ABISAAB and RULA JURDI ABISAAB
force of Women’s
Summer 2000, tasue No. 32 afl @Measuring Progress
‘Summer 2000, esve No. 32 alld 9eed gm hina
sr i rn Une ‘= exp lel
Scortiecemtiniineme nA
Sages hs ecu af woes ss ee
imc io ini a
(Siege Se a reese of
vice th A i i i ye
splash moa
an Goo). eye fom Une of
CoS er ope yb imc
‘esd em gan ie
ie detaatornuestaeArwommatesy
Empowerment or Isolation
nor cr
ribet ya =
“The fact that Amir. was one of the aristocrats and a
distinguished official of the state, namely a gadi (judge), made
hhis work the more significant. He held the reigns of interpretive
shari’a and reformist Islamic polities of the highest form.”
{SMES ey occ ere
Somerton
et og cco st gn ety a
a re ty pe
Siepeaciessiannararor
ci pe eet
‘Sommer 2000, luo No.32 aid 10