The event will be held in Arabic.
In his new book, In Quest of Justice: Islamic Law and Forensic Medicine in Modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy examines the historical emergence of modern medical practices, forensic medicine and jurisprudence in Egypt in the 19th century. Drawing on groundbreaking research in the Egyptian national archives, In Quest of Justice examines the intersecting histories between Islamic jurisprudence, the rise of modern medical institutions and public medical policies, on the one hand, and on the other, the Egyptian populace’s reception of modern medical practices and policies that redefined the relation between the modern state and their bodies. It also illustrates how shari’a was implemented, how criminal justice functioned, and how scientific-medical knowledges and practices were introduced.