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Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Golfstaaten auf dem Weg zu einem modernen Recht f\u00fcr die Familie? Zur Kodifikation des Personalstatuts in Bahrain, Katar und den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten<\/em> (Mohr Siebeck 2015).<\/p>\n

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Edited Volumes & Special Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Issue Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives <\/em>(2024) 16 Middle East Law and Governance (with Hanan Badr).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Issue Female Legal Professionals in Popular Culture \u2013 a Transnational Comparison<\/em> (2023) 30 International Journal of the Legal Profession (with Shahd Alshammari).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MENA Region and COVID-19: Impact, Implications and Prospects <\/em>(Routledge 2022) (with Zeina Hobaika & Jan Claudius V\u00f6lkel). doi:10.4324\/9781003240044.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Issue Ten Years after the Arab Uprisings: Beyond Media and Liberation<\/em> (2021) 9 Media and Communication (with Hanan Badr).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filiation and the Protection of Parentless Children: Towards a Social Definition of the Family in Muslim Jurisdictions<\/em> (T.M.C. Asser Press\/Springer 2019) (with Nadjma Yassari & Marie-Claude Najm). doi:10.1007\/978-94-6265-311-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parental Care and the Best Interests of the Child in Muslim Countries<\/em> (T.M.C. Asser Press\/Springer 2017) (with Nadjma Yassari & Imen Gallala-Arndt). doi:10.1007\/978-94-6265-174-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Max Planck Symposium Issue on Child Law in Muslim Countries<\/em> (2015) 63 The American Journal of Comparative Law (with Nadjma Yassari & Imen Gallala-Arndt).<\/p>\n

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Refereed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federalism and Family Law in the United Arab Emirates: Untangling Conflict of Laws and Conflicts of Jurisdiction (forthcoming, available online as \u2018Advance Article\u2019) Arab Law Quarterly<\/em>. doi:10.1163\/15730255-bja10196.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal Reform for Syria\u2019s War-affected Children: Adoption, Fostering, and State Responsibility in Transition (2025) 39 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family<\/em>, 1-18. doi:10.1093\/lawfam\/ebaf029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Year of Civil Family Law in the United Arab Emirates: A Preliminary Assessment (2024) 38 Arab Law Quarterly<\/em>, 219-234. doi:10.1163\/15730255-bja10140.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ideal Emirati woman lawyer: femininity and professionalism in Justice: Qalb Al Adala<\/em> (2023) 30 International Journal of the Legal Profession<\/em>, 291-304. doi:10.1080\/09695958.2023.2225855.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marital Choice and \u201cSuitability\u201d in a Heterogeneous Society: Some Reflections on Kaf\u0101\u02bea in the United Arab Emirates (2022) VI Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law<\/em> (Festschrift Shaheen Sardar Ali), 134-147. doi:10.1163\/9789004520806_008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Law in the GCC and the Best Interests of the Child: The Multiple Meanings of a Vague Legal Concept (2018) 16 Hawwa – Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World<\/em>, 309-332. doi:10.1163\/15692086-12341341.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wenn Jugendliche heiraten: Die Minderj\u00e4hrigenehe aus rechtsvergleichender und internationalprivatrechtlicher Sicht (2017) 50 Kritische Justiz<\/em>, 269-285 (with Nadjma Yassari). doi:10.5771\/0023-4834-2017-3-269.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Enduring Relic: Family Law Reform and the Inflexibility of Wil\u0101ya (2015) 63 The American Journal of Comparative Law<\/em>, 893-925. doi:10.5131\/AJCL.2015.0027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Fear of Tal\u0101q: A Reconsideration of Muslim Divorce Laws in Light of the Rome III Regulation (2014) 10 Journal of Private International Law<\/em>, 461-487. doi:10.5235\/17441048.10.3.461.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Law in the Arab Gulf: Recent Developments and Reform Patterns (2013) 9 Journal of International Law and Islamic Law<\/em> (formerly Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law<\/em>), 22-39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custody Regulations in the United Arab Emirates: Legal Reforms and Social Realities (2013) 11 Hawwa – Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World<\/em>, 41-57. doi:10.1163\/15692086-12341242.<\/p>\n

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Other Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to special issue Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives (2024) 16 Middle East Law and Governance, 1-6 (with Hanan Badr). doi: 10.1163\/18763375-16010003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to special issue: Images of female legal professionals in popular culture \u2013 a transnational comparison (2023) 30 International Journal of the Legal Profession<\/em>, 217-220 (with Shahd Alshammari). doi:10.1080\/09695958.2023.2228694.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial: Beyond Mainstream Media and Communication Perspectives on the Arab Uprisings (2021) 9 Media and Communication<\/em>, 260-263 (with Hanan Badr). doi:10.17645\/mac.v9i4.5151.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00dcberblick \u00fcber das syrische Familienrecht (2017) 70 Das Standesamt<\/em>, 298-303.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction \u2013 Negotiating Parenthood in Muslim Countries: Changing Concepts and Perceptions (2015) 63 The American Journal of Comparative Law<\/em>, 819-827 (with Imen Gallala-Arndt & Nadjma Yassari). doi:10.5131\/AJCL.2015.0024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die neuen Familienrechtskodifikationen in den Golfstaaten Bahrain, Katar und (2011) 64 Das Standesamt<\/em>, 325-332.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction: The MENA region and COVID-19 \u2013 concept and content of this book, in The MENA Region and COVID-19: Impact, Implications and Prospects<\/em>, Zeina Hobeika, Lena-Maria M\u00f6ller & Jan Claudius V\u00f6lkel (eds) (Routledge 2022) (with Zeina Hobaika & Jan Claudius V\u00f6lkel), 1-16. doi:10.4324_97810\u200c03240044-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusions: The MENA region and COVID-19 \u2013 lessons for the future, in The MENA Region and COVID-19: Impact, Implications and Prospects<\/em>, Zeina Hobeika, Lena-Maria M\u00f6ller & Jan Claudius V\u00f6lkel (eds) (Routledge 2022) (with Zeina Hobaika & Jan Claudius V\u00f6lkel), 171-175. doi:10.4324_97810\u200c\u200c03240044-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindschaftsrecht und elterliche Sorge in Syrien: Eine rechtsvergleichende Einordnung, in Migration und Heimatrecht: Herausforderungen muslimisch gepr\u00e4gter Zuwanderung nach Deutschland<\/em>, Irene Schneider, Hatem Elliesie & Silvia Tellenbach (eds) (Harrassowitz Verlag 2022), 81-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Arab Emirates: Temporary Multiculturalism, but Permanent Legal Pluralism?, in Normativity and Diversity in Family Law: Lessons from Comparative Law<\/em>, Nadjma Yassari & Marie-Claire Foblets (eds) (Springer 2022), 101-117. doi:10.1007\/978-3-030-83106-6_5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Religi\u00f6ser Einfluss auf staatliches Recht in islamischen L\u00e4ndern, in Kirchenrecht im Dialog<\/em> (Tagungsband zur Tagung des Instituts f\u00fcr Kanonisches Recht, 18.-20. Februar 2019, Fulda), Thomas Sch\u00fcller & Thomas Neumann (eds) (Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2020), 132-146.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familienrecht und Religion: Ein Blick in das islamische Recht, in Familienrecht und Religion \u2013 Europ\u00e4ische Perspektiven \u2013<\/em>, Claudia Mayer et al. (eds) (Gieseking Verlag 2019), 183-201.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Arab Emirates, in Filiation and the Protection of Parentless Children: Towards a Social Definition of the Family in Muslim Jurisdictions<\/em>, Nadjma Yassari, Lena-Maria M\u00f6ller & Marie-Claude Najm (eds) (T.M.C. Asser Press\/Springer 2019), 351-372. doi:10.1007\/978-94-6265-311-5_13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis, in Filiation and the Protection of Parentless Children: Towards a Social Definition of the Family in Muslim Jurisdictions<\/em>, Nadjma Yassari, Lena-Maria M\u00f6ller & Marie-Claude Najm (eds) (T.M.C. Asser Press\/Springer 2019), 403-412 (with Nadjma Yassari). doi:10.1007\/978-94-6265-311-5_15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recht in Afghanistan ab 1920, in Handbuch der Iranistik Bd. <\/em>II<\/em>, Ludwig Paul (ed) (Reichert 2017), 243-252 (with Nadjma Yassari).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis, in Parental Care and the Best Interests of the Child in Muslim Countries<\/em>, Nadjma Yassari, Lena-Maria M\u00f6ller & Imen Gallala-Arndt (eds) (T.M.C. Asser Press\/Springer 2017), 325-353 (with Nadjma Yassari & Imen Gallala-Arndt). doi:10.1007\/978-94-6265-174-6_12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving Women\u2019s Rights through Children\u2019s Rights? The Reform of Custody Laws in Contemporary Muslim Jurisdictions, in Women\u2019s Human Rights and the Elimination of Discrimination \/ Les droits des femmes et l\u2019\u00e9limination de la discrimination <\/em>(Acad\u00e9mie de droit international de la Haye), Maarit J\u00e4nter\u00e4-Jareborg & H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Tigroudja (eds) (Brill Nijhoff 2016), 465-489. doi:10.1163\/1875-8096_pplcdu_ej.9789004327559.\u200c\u200cch12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Struggling for a Modern Family Law: A Khaleeji Perspective, in Changing God\u2019s Law: The Dynamics of Middle Eastern Family Law<\/em>, Nadjma Yassari (ed) (Routledge 2016), 83-112.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recht im Iran ab 1925, in Handbuch der Iranistik Bd. <\/em>I<\/em>, Ludwig Paul (ed) (Reichert 2013), 144-154 (with Nadjma Yassari).<\/p>\n

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Encyclopedia Entries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children and Law, in Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE <\/em>(Volume 2025-1), Kate Fleet et al. (eds) (Brill 2025), 26-31. doi:10.1163\/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24397.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law: Modern Family Law, 1800-Present: Gulf States, in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online Edition<\/em> (Supplement XVII), Suad Joseph et al. (eds) (Brill 2018). doi:10.1163\/1872-5309_ewic_COM_\u200c002149.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahrain, in Encyclopedia of Law and Religion <\/em>(Volume 3: Asia), Cole Durham and Gerhard Robbers (eds) (Brill 2016), 30-34. doi:10.1163\/9789004236936_elr_COM_000088.<\/p>\n

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Commentaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art. 13-17, 20-30 Hague Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations, in beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR zum Zivilrecht<\/em>, Beate Gsell et al. (eds) (CH Beck 2018).<\/p>\n

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Case Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anerkennung und Wirksamkeit islamisch gepr\u00e4gter Eheaufl\u00f6sungen in Europa: Anmerkungen zu OLG M\u00fcnchen, Beschluss vom 13.03.2018 – 34 Wx 146\/14, den Schlussantr\u00e4gen des EuGH-Generalanwalts Saugmandsgaard \u00d8e vom 14.09.2017 und EuGH, Urteil vom 20.12.2017 – C-372\/16 (Soha Sahyouni .\/. Raja Mamisch) (2018) Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Recht & Islam\/Journal of Law & Islam<\/em>, 9-15.<\/p>\n

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Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Uwe Kischel (ed), Religi\u00f6ses Recht und religi\u00f6se Gerichte als Herausforderung des Staates (Mohr Siebeck 2016) (2018) 82 The Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law<\/em>, 229-233.<\/p>\n

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Web-Based Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between religious diversity and national unity: The role of family law in Syria\u2019s transitional justice journey (LSE Religion and Global Society interdisciplinary blog, 15 January 2025) <https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/religionglobalsociety\/2025\/01\/between-religious-diversity-and-national-unity-the-role-of-family-law-in-syrias-transitional-justice-journey\/>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation on Civil Family Law and Muslim Foreigners: Has the Tide Turned? (Conflictoflaws.net: Views and News in Private International Law, 15 November 2024) <https:\/\/conflictoflaws.net\/2024\/abu-dhabi-court-of-cassation-on-civil-family-law-and-muslim-foreigners-has-the-tide-turned\/>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abu Dhabi introduces personal status law for non-Muslim foreigners, shakes up domestic and international family law (Conflictoflaws.net: Views and News in Private International Law, 11 November 2021) <https:\/\/conflictoflaws.net\/2021\/abu-dhabi-introduces-personal-status-law-for-non-muslim-foreigners\/>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: Weitere familienrechtliche Neuerungen (Bergmann-Aktuell News 11\/2020, 25 November 2020) <www.vfst.de\/bergmann-aktuell\/nachrichten\/vereinigte-arabische-emirate-weitere-familienrechtliche-neuerungen>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muslime und die COVID-19-Pandemie: Pilgern in Zeiten von Corona (Qantara.de – Dialog mit der islamischen Welt, 16 April 2020) <https:\/\/de.qantara.de\/node\/39856> (with Serdar Kurnaz) (also available in English and Arabic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: Familienrechtliche Neuerungen (Bergmann-Aktuell News 2\/2020, 26 February 2020) <www.vfst.de\/bergmann-aktuell\/nachrichten\/familienrechtliche-neuerungen-2020-02-26>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gleichberechtigung in Tunesien: Die Revolution frisst ihre T\u00f6chter (Zenith Online, 23 August 2012) <https:\/\/magazin.zenith.me\/de\/archiv\/verfassungsentwurf-tunesien> (with Jannik Veenhuis).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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