Why women's inheritance reform has stalled across Arab world
Key takeaways
- Sharia-based inheritance laws continue to disadvantage millions of women across the Middle East.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5FVXPMiddle Eastern inheritance laws continue to disadvantage millions of women due to unchanged Sharia-based rules Image: Fethi Belaid/AFPAdvertisement.
- Meryem's husband had made a point of providing for her future by purchasing an apartment in her name.
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Sharia-based inheritance laws continue to disadvantage millions of women across the Middle East. What could prompt real change for the next generation of girls?
https://p.dw.com/p/5FVXPMiddle Eastern inheritance laws continue to disadvantage millions of women due to unchanged Sharia-based rules Image: Fethi Belaid/AFPAdvertisement. The death of her husband pushed 60-year-old Moroccan widow Meryem into a deep crisis. Speaking with Moroccan magazine Egalite Mag in February, she said it wasn't just the sadness over her loss that has made her feel vulnerable.
"I find myself alone, facing his family, treated like an enemy even though I built this life with him for 30 years," she said, asking that her last name not be published for fear of retaliation from her late husband's family.