…highest court decided the case, Professor Mansfield gathered additional facts, and then wrote in 2008 the article “Marriage in Pakistan– Divorce in Maryland,” which is on the KARAMAH website. He…
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…the 18 participants, there were women from Kenya, Kosovo, Sudan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. The group comprised of university students, lawyers, activists, researchers, and educators. The program featured…
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…and think in the post 9/11 era. I’ve been on numerous flights in, out, and within Pakistan, but I cannot explain the genuine terror that took complete control of my…
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…women’s rights across the world. Having just traveled through nine Muslim countries, ranging from Pakistan and Bangladesh to the Gulf States, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon, I would answer that it…
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…the Washington College of Law at American University. Growing up in Pakistan, she was startled by abject poverty, injustice and desensitization towards human suffering and witnessed the dire effects of…
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…nama with no provision for the wife, disclosure of the husband’s assets, nor independent counsel was not an enforceable prenuptial agreement. Husband and Wife were married in Pakistan. At time…
…Wife amended her complaint, the Husband presented himself at the Pakistani embassy in Washington D.C. and performed a “talaq” (divorce) in accordance with Pakistani law, including pronouncement of talaq, notice…
…self-governing area of Pakistan. Ms. Yaqoob is also an elected representative in the AJK Assembly and won a seat that was not reserved for a woman. Ms. Yaqoob is currently…
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…research and study Arabic. She has also spent time in Karachi, Pakistan, working for girls’ education. A catalyst for Ailya’s work has been her experience counseling at a Muslim youth…
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