Arabs

Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev.

Fam Process. 1999 Winter;38(4):431-43. Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev. al-Krenawi A, Wiesel-Lev R. Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. alean@bgumail.bgu.ac.il ABSTRACT The present pilot study examines attitudes toward and the perceived psychosocial impact of circumcision as practiced amongContinue reading “Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev.”

Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel.

J Sex Med 2009;6:70–73. Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel. Halila S, Belmaker RH, Rabia YA, Froimovici M, and Applebaum J. ABSTRACT Introduction. Recently, clinicians in Southern Israel perceived that the practice of female genital mutilation had disappeared entirely in the Bedouin population. We previously studied the prevalence of thisContinue reading “Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel.”

To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah: Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision

Med Law. July 1994;13(7-8):575-622, To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah: Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision Sami A. ALDEEB ABU-SAHLIEH Introduction: Article 24, paragraph 3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, of 20 Nov. 1989, stipulates: States Parties shall take all effective and appropriate measures with a view toContinue reading “To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah: Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision”