Introduction: family law and gender in the Middle East after the Arab Spring Adrien Katherine Wing and Hisham Kassim; 1. Sustained reforms: family law in Tunisia Mounira M. Charrad and Hyun Jeong Ha; 2. Family law in Egypt Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron; 3. Women's rights in the Moroccan family code: caught between change and continuity Stephanie Willman Bordat and Saida Kouzzi; 4. Postponing equality in the Algerian family code Stephanie Willman Bordat and Saida Kouzzi; 5. Juristic and legislative rulemaking: a history of the personal status code of Iraq, 1959–2020 Haider Ala Hamoudi; 6. The status of Muslim Women in the mosaic of Islamic family law in Lebanon Nada Ammar; 7. In circles we go: a brief historical overview of the Jordanian personal status law Sara Ababneh; 8. The Palestinian minority in Israel Michael Moussa Karayanni; 9. West Bank and Gaza personal status law Jonathan Kuttab and Adrien Wing; 10. Qatari family law, when custom meets Shari'a Lina Mohammed Kassem.