JQ 1758 .A92 G45

1- Gendering citizenship in the Middle East / Suad Joseph
2- The pitfalls of the nationalist discourses on citizenship in Egypt / Mervat F. Hatem
3- Citizenship and gender in Algeria / Marnia Lazreg
4- Becoming a citizen : lineage versus individual in Tunisia and Morocco / Mounira M. Charrad
5- The Islamic state and gendered citizenship in Sudan / Sondra Hale
6- Civic myths, citizenship, and gender in Lebanon / Suad Joseph
7- Transit citizens : gender and citizenship under the Palestinian Authority / 8- Islah Jad, Penny Johnson, and Rita Giacaman
8- Gender and citizenship in Jordan / Abla Amawi
9- Gender and state in Iraq / Jacqueline S. Ismael and Shereen T. Ismael
10- The concept and practice of citizenship in Saudi Arabia / Soraya Altorki
11- Citizenship, gender, and the politics of quasi states / Haya Al-Mughni and Mary Ann Tétreault
12- Passports and passages : tests of women's citizenship rights / Sheila Carapico and Anna Wuerth
13- Gender and citizenship in Turkey / Yeşim Arat
14- Iranian women at the intersection of citizenship and the family code : the perils of "Islamic criteria" / Homa Hoodfar
15- The citizenship of Jewish and Palestinian Arab women in Israel / Barbara Swirski.

The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour.