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The Judge - Trailer

The Judge offers a unique portrait of Judge Kholoud—her brave journey as a lawyer, her tireless fight for justice for women, and her drop-in visits with clients, friends, and family. With unparalleled access to the courts, THE JUDGE presents an unfolding vérité legal drama, with rare insight into both Islamic law and gendered justice. In the process, the film illuminates some of the universal conflicts in the domestic life of Palestine—custody of children, divorce, abuse—while offering an unvarnished look at life for women and Shari’a.

eBooks

In the House of the Law by Judith E. Tucker
ISBN: 0520925386
Publication Date: 1998-05-29
Tucker explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles.
Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World by Ron Shaham (Editor)
ISBN: 1281400912
Publication Date: 2010-01-10
This collective volume, in honor of Aharon Layish, deals with the main components in the laws of Islamic societies, past and present: shari'a custom, and statute. Some chapters focus on one of these components, other discuss the interplay between two or even all three of them. The geographical coverage of the volume is wide, from the Balkans to Yemen, and from Iraq to the Maghrib.
Palestinian Women by Fatma Kassem
ISBN: 178032118X
Publication Date: 2013-07-04
Palestinian Women is the first book to examine and document the experiences and the historical narrative of ordinary Palestinian women who witnessed the events of 1948 and became involuntary citizens of the State of Israel.
Palestinian Women and Muslim Family Law in the Mandate Period by Elizabeth Brownson
ISBN: 0815636466
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
In this volume, Brownson sheds new light on Palestinian Muslim women's agency in shari'a courts from the British Mandate period to the present.
Self-Determination and Women's Rights in Muslim Societies by Chitra Raghavan (Editor); James P. Levine (Editor); Jeremy Travis (Other)
ISBN: 1611682819
Publication Date: 2012-07-10
A multidisciplinary group of scholars examine ideology, practice, and reform efforts in the areas of marriage, divorce, abortion, violence against women, inheritance, and female circumcision across the Islamic world, illuminating how religious and cultural prescriptions interact with legal norms, affecting change in sometimes surprising ways.
Women in the Qur'an by Asma Lamrabet; Myriam Francois-Cerrah (Translator)
ISBN: 184774091X
Publication Date: 2016-07-25
In this book Asma Lamrabet demands a rereading of the Qur'an by women that focuses on its spiritual and humanistic messages in order to alter the lived reality on the ground. By acknowledging the oppression of women, to different degrees, in social systems organized in the name of religion and also rejecting a perspective that seeks to promote Western values as the only means of liberating them, the author is able to define a new way.
Women judges in the Muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice
ISBN: 9789004342200
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice fills a gap in academic scholarship by examining public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco)

In The News

The Judge
Catsoulis, Jeannette. "The Judge." New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018, p. C9(L).
Palestinian Judge Speaks of Women's Injustice at Divinity School
Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first female judge in a Palestinian Shari'a court, spoke of struggle and success as a part of the Harvard Divinity School's "Women's Rights in a Man's World" panel on Wednesday.
This Palestinian lawyer is one of the first women to preside over a sharia court.
“The Judge” is her story: The documentary profiles the first woman to serve in the Palestinian territories’ sharia courts. The Washington Post, , 2018-05-01.
Watch the glass ceiling of sharia courts shatter
The Washington Post, , 2018-05-04.

Articles (SMCCD Login required)

Attitudes Towards Women in Palestine: A Quantitative Survey
Gustafsson, E., Alawi, N., & Andersen, P. (2019). Attitudes Towards Women in Palestine: A Quantitative Survey. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 20(2), COV1O–.
Beyond ‘Islam’ vs ‘Feminism’
Mir‐Hosseini, Z. (2011). Beyond “Islam” vs “Feminism.” IDS Bulletin (Brighton. 1984), 42(1), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2011.00202.x
The first female Qadi in Israel’s Shari’a (Muslim) courts: nomos and narrative
Zion-Waldoks, T., Irshai, R., & Shoughry, B. (2020). The first female Qadi in Israel’s Shari’a (Muslim) courts: nomos and narrative. Shofar (West Lafayette, Ind.), 38(2), 229–261. https://doi.org/10.1353/sho.2020.0028
Who needs the Women and Peace Hypothesis? Rethinking modes of inquiry on gender and conflict in Israel/Palestine
Aharoni, S. (2017). Who needs the Women and Peace Hypothesis? Rethinking modes of inquiry on gender and conflict in Israel/Palestine. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 19(3), 311–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2016.1237457
Why Aren't Women Sharī'a Court Judges? The Case of Syria
Cardinal, M. (2010). Why Aren’t Women Sharī’a Court Judges? The Case of Syria. Islamic Law and Society, 17(2), 185–214. https://doi.org/10.1163/092893809X12574201282954
Women Entering the Professions in Mandatory Palestine
Eyal Katvan. (2019). Women Entering the Professions in Mandatory Palestine. Nashim : a Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies & Gender Issues, 34, 53–76. https://doi.org/10.2979/nashim.34.1.03

Articles (Open Access)

The Appointment of Muslim Women as Judges in the Courts: A Textual Analysis from Islamic Perspective
Ali, Y. (2011). The Appointment of Muslim Women as Judges in the Courts: A Textual Analysis from Islamic Perspective. In The second International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences IPEDR (Vol. 17, pp. 200-205).
Gendering the Islamic judiciary: Female judges in the religious courts of Indonesia
Nurlaelawati, E., & Salim, A. (2013). Gendering the Islamic judiciary: Female judges in the religious courts of Indonesia. Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 51(2), 247-278.
Reexamination of Islamic Laws: The Entrance of Women in the Sharia Courts
Shahed, Wesam. "Reexamination of Islamic Laws: The Entrance of Women in the Sharia Courts." Mich. St. Int'l L. Rev. 28 (2019): 139.
To Judge or Not to Judge: A Comparative Analysis of Islamic Jurisprudential Approaches to Female Judges in the Muslim World (Indonesia, Egypt, and Iran)
Abdelkader, E. (2013). To Judge or Not to Judge: A Comparative Analysis of Islamic Jurisprudential Approaches to Female Judges in the Muslim World (Indonesia, Egypt, and Iran). Fordham Int'l LJ, 37, 309.