Divorce in Gaza comes at steep price - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammed Othman

Mohammed Othman

Apr 9, 2015

A Palestinian woman celebrates beside brides during a mass wedding for 250 couples in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip December 19, 2012. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR3BR3Y — A Palestinian woman celebrates beside brides during a mass wedding for 250 couples in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 19, 2012. — REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A woman is seen through a fabric sheet as she walks past a rally calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in Gaza City September 2, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX134LM

Palestinian Women Hope To Gain Divorce Rights

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

Palestinian women take part in a rally ahead of the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 11, 2015. The Islamist group Hamas will celebrate its 28th anniversary of founding on December 14. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - GF10000262464

Gaza women fight for fairer, faster divorces

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

An Egyptian couple stands on a bridge overlooking the Nile River in downtown Cairo on December 25, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

How Egypt's religious institutions are trying to curb atheism

N.A. Hussein

Egyptian women shout slogans against the government during the funeral of Syed Tafshan, who died in clashes with residents of the Nile island of al-Warraq, when security forces attempted to demolish illegal buildings, in the south of Cairo, Egypt July 16, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC133E8F7A70

Can new amendment undermine Egyptian women's rights to divorce?

Shahira Amin