Women & Islamic Cultures Family, Law and Politics

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The illustrations can be found between pages 428 and 429.


Family Law: Modern Family Law, 1800–Present: Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen (Susanne Dahlgren):
[See page 467]
Figure 1. Adeni family court judge in her court with her assistant, early 1990s. After Yemeni unifica-
tion, women were no longer allowed to head a family court or to train as judges. Photo Susanne
Dahlgren.


National Insignia, Signs, and Monuments: Iran (Afsaneh Najmabadi):
[See page 524]
Figure 2. Narinjistan, Shiraz, Qàjàr period building.
Figure 3. Official State Emblem of Iran, early 1970s.


Political-Social Movements: Revolutionary: South Yemen and Dhofar (Susanne Dahlgren):
[See page 657–8]
Figure 4. A factory worker in the Leather Shoe Factory, Aden. During the early years of the People’s
Democratic Republic of Yemen, literacy was a requirement to enter factory work. The photo is from



  1. Photo Susanne Dahlgren.
    Figure 5. Participants of a literacy class run by a local club of the General Union of Yemeni Women
    during the late years of the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. Photo Susanne Dahlgren.


Women’s Rights: Male Advocacy: Overview (Elizabeth Frierson):
[See page 781]
Figure 6.Khayàl al-Ωill(Cairo n.d.), vol. 2, no. 62, Sunday, 23 August 1925, p. 16. Photo Credit: Near
East Collections of the Princeton University Library.


List of Illustrations

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