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Navigating Personal Law in the Gulf: a Sociolegal Analysis of Nationality and Family Law in Qatar and select GCC jurisdictions (2025)
Thesis
Al-Saai, N. Navigating Personal Law in the Gulf: a Sociolegal Analysis of Nationality and Family Law in Qatar and select GCC jurisdictions. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Gulf state laws benefit from religion and custom as sources of legitimacy, particularly when state law’s provisions are based on or similar to them. For example, Arab states sometimes justify their nationality laws, which allow males only to transmit... Read More about Navigating Personal Law in the Gulf: a Sociolegal Analysis of Nationality and Family Law in Qatar and select GCC jurisdictions.

Gender Parity in Islamic Inheritance Law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): Prospects and Challenges (2022)
Thesis
Shamsuddin, A. M. A. Gender Parity in Islamic Inheritance Law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): Prospects and Challenges. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The underlying premise of the research is to argue that the Shariʿa, as a source for the development of law, is flexible, adaptable, and malleable, even for those aspects of the Shariʿa that have historically been seen to be sacrosanct. This research... Read More about Gender Parity in Islamic Inheritance Law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): Prospects and Challenges.

Introduction: 'Honour', Rights and Wrongs (2005)
Book Chapter
Welchman, L., & Hossain, S. (2005). Introduction: 'Honour', Rights and Wrongs. In L. Welchman, & S. Hossain (Eds.), 'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms, and Violence against Women (1-21). Zed Books

Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan (2005)
Book Chapter
Welchman, L. (2005). Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan. In L. Welchman, & S. Hossain (Eds.), 'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence against Women (199-208). Zed Books

Honour: Crimes, Paradigms and Violence against Women (2005)
Book
Welchman, L. (2005). L. Welchman, & S. Hossain (Eds.). Honour: Crimes, Paradigms and Violence against Women. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350220621

This volume brings together the practical insights and experiences of individuals and organisations working in diverse regions and contexts to combat 'crimes of honour'. Authors examine strategies of response to such manifestations of violence agains... Read More about Honour: Crimes, Paradigms and Violence against Women.