The origin of the Arab family and types of ancient marriage among Arabs - Samir Al-Saidi

Number of pages: 272 Publisher: Dar Satoro Book description: The relationship between man and woman remained one of the major questions in the minds of all researchers on earth, due to the imaginary, legendary, and scientific perceptions it contains, all of which are mixed together to uncover the secrets of the first innovation for the emergence of the family. The new concept of the family continued to clash at every stage and development until today with the old concept. That is, the content of the family, after all the modern and contemporary methods it brought, remained linked to the form and foundations of ancient family relations. Thus, this contradictory duality remained a fundamental feature of the family’s identity throughout history. In the development of the intensity of this contradiction, with all its social and economic connections, man was chosen in the course of these transformations to be the project’s ruler and executor. Women began to lose many of their advantages in the old society, not only in their roles and leadership status but also in their existence, freedom, and humanity, and at one stage, they became merely tools and means for amusement and frivolity.