Download or read book Khulʻ Divorce in Egypt written by Nadia Sonneveld and published by Amer Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 21st century, Egyptian women gained the unique right to divorce their husbands unilaterally through a procedure called khul'. It has been a controversial application, with opponents claiming that khul' is a privileged women's law, and a western conspiracy aimed at destroying Egyptian family life and society. Nadia Sonneveld explores the nature of the public debates while an examination of the application of khul' in the courts and everyday life relates and compares this debate to the actual implementation of the procedure.