RT Article
T1 Contemporary Issues in Marriage Law and Practice in Qatar
JF Hawwa
VO 20
IS 1/2
SP 124
OP 158
A1 Akhtar, Rajnaara C.
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1787762785
AB This paper discusses changing marriage practices in modern-day Qatar, drawing on empirical data gathered in a sociolegal study involving interviews with individual citizens and residents about their marriage and family experiences, and with legal personnel and experts in family law. It presents a unique insight into evolving relationship behaviours occurring within and on the periphery of Qatar’s family-law framework in the context of its population make-up, historic traditions, trends in education, and globalisation. Changing practices examined include ‘late’ first marriages and ‘marrying out.’ The empirical research findings are used to analyse the link between the administrative process of obtaining permission to marry out and non-state-registered marriages, the gender imbalance in the treatment of those marrying out, and the link between child custody rights and unofficial marriages. The emerging narrative depicts couples navigating marriage laws and utilising non-state-registered ‘religious-only’ marriages as a temporary measure to overcome legal and administrative hindrances.
K1 non-state-registered marriage
K1 religious-only marriage
K1 marrying-out
K1 marriage formalities
K1 marriage contract
K1 Qatar
K1 Family law
DO 10.1163/15692086-12341389