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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797225003321

Autore

Mahgoub Mohamed Abdo

Titolo

Customary laws and social order in Arab society : socio-anthropological field studies in Egypt / / Mohamed Abdo Mahgoub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-4438-7890-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

340.5262

Soggetti

Customary law - Egypt

Egypt Social life and customs

Egypt

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; APPENDIX

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the findings of socio-anthropological field studies on customary laws and social order in Egypt. The first chapter presents comprehensive documentation of ""Al Awayid"", the customary laws of the Awlad Ali tribes, which prevail and govern political, kinship, and economic relations in the tribal semi-Bedouins and rural communities in the western desert and the Al Beheira governorate. It also traces changes in these laws that have occurred during the last forty years as a resul...