Bibliography 2: #BIB35662

Key	BIB35662
Reference type	Thesis
Title	Family Law and Citizenship : The Case Study of Egyptian Baha'is
Author	Dana, Vargha
Year	2014
Place published	Cairo
Abstract	After a four-year legal battle in 2009, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court granted Egyptian Baha'is the right to obtain national identification cards. However, members of this minority group have continued to struggle to access basic rights of citizenship. Non-recognition of Baha'i marriage is the chief source of disenfranchisement of Baha'is in Egypt. This study argues that marriage as the legal instrument of creating a family, can act as the precursor to citizenship. By sanctioning certain types of marriages and prohibiting others, the state translates its specific ideology into creation of politicized legal entities known as citizens. The state's aspiration is to create an ideal nation by embracing "normal" families that can produce ideal citizens. As a vehicle for public policy, marriage has the capacity to act as a powerful hegemonic tool that shapes the society on the bases of class, gender, race, and religion. The family is fundamentally a legal entity shaped and sanctioned by the state and it is the site of production and reproduction of citizenship.
Notes	Thesis (American University in Cairo. Department of Law)
Language	English
Keywords	EGYPT; FAMILY LAW; CITIZENSHIP; IDENTITY CARDS
URL	http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/3930 Connect to full text
Number of pages	vi, 55
Thesis type	text
Academic department	Department of Law
University	American University in Cairo
Degree	M.A. in international human rights law
Advisor	Beckett, Jason
File attachments	internal-pdf://1865002845/Dana Vargha - Family Law and Citizenship.pdf

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