Matthew Bell

Matthew Bell

Matthew Bell is a Jerusalem-based Middle East reporter. He has been with The World since 2001 and has filed stories from cities across the US and abroad.

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Palestinian Women No Longer Need Husband’s Permission for a Divorce

September 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Women's rights activist Hekmat Bessiso. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

Hekmat Bessiso says she's suing her ex-husband for the right to see her 6 year-old son for 24 hours every week. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

Palestinian women just won some new freedoms.

They can now initiate divorce proceedings against their husbands.

Before, Muslim women in the West Bank had to get their husbands’ consent for a divorce.

The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Ramallah.

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