Women and Islam in Tunisia, the sludge of paperwork, the ethics of gene editing

Women and Islam in Tunisia, the sludge of paperwork, gene editing Sponsored by [Oxford University Press]( [Is Tunisia Ready for Gender Equality?]( Ursula Lindsey A proposal to make Tunisia the first Arab country in which inheritances would be divided equally among male and female relatives caused a furor when it was proposed last summer: it was both hailed as a great emancipatory step for women in the region and condemned as an unacceptable breach of Islamic principles. [Wading Through the Sludge]( Cass R. Sunstein Administrative burdens impose a high cost, and that that cost often falls on those who are in the worst position to bear it. NYR Daily [The Ominous Decadence of ‘Sunset’]( J. Hoberman Sunset, László Nemes’s follow-up to his astonishing 2015 debut Son of Saul, is a gothic melodrama and a modernist period piece. [What Is the World to Do About Gene-Editing?]( Stephen Buranyi Research will creep ever closer to the red line of human genome editing until inertia finally carries it over. [Race & Romance in America]( Mira Jacob According to my parents, there were two basic kinds of marriage: arranged marriage and love marriage. You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review. [Update preferences]( The New York Review of Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Unsubscribe](