Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East
by
Evelyn A. Early
Focusing on the experiences of ordinary men, women, and children from across the Middle East, from Iran and Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in the west, these 35 stories, poems, and essays collected in this anthology convey a sense of life in the Middle East. It is for students and scholars of this vast and complex region.
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Focusing on the experiences of ordinary men, women, and children from across the Middle East, from Iran and Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in the west, the 35 stories, poems, and essays collected in this anthology vividly convey an intimate sense of life in the Middle East today. Newly revised and updated to reflect recent changes in Middle East politics and society, this anthology will engage students and scholars of this vast and complex region. Its contributors include: Lila Abu-Lughod, Jon W. Anderson, Walter Armbrust, Bishara Bahbah, Brian Barber, Anne H. Betteridge, Annabelle Boucher, Donna Lee Bowen, Steven C. Caton, Dawn Chatty, Driss Chraibi, Susan Shaefer Davis, Kevin Dwyer, Evelyn A. Early, Christine Eickelman, Dale Eickelman, Elizabeth Fernea, Angel Foster, Erika Friedl, Steve Howard, Michael E. Jansen, Margaret Mills, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Emily Nasrallah, Kristina Nelson, Susan Ossman, Tayib Salih, Diane Singerman, Susan Slyomovics, Jenny White, and Quintan Wiktorowicz.
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Publisher & Imprint:
Indiana University Press
Edition details
2nd Revised edition
City:
Bloomington, IN
Edition:
REV
Pages:
352
More info:
height 235 mm
width 156 mm
weight 609 gr
thickness 28 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC21) 305.6971056
Library of Congress Subject: Middle East - Social life and customs
Record updated at:
07 September, 2012
time:
02:14
Summary
Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East
Part 1 Generations and life passages: traditional songs from Boir Ahmad, Erika Friedl; growing up in Morocco, Susan Shaefer Davis; explosion, Emily Nasrallah; "of the dust and the wind" - arranged marriage in Afghanistan, Margaret Mills; two weddings, Jenny White; editing "al-Fajr" - a Palestinian newspaper in Jerusalem, Bishara Bahbah; the son's return, Driss Chraibi; the funeral, Driss Chraibi. Part 2 Gender relations: sexuality and sexual health of young Tunisian women, Angel Foster; a thorny side of marriage in Iran, Erika Friedl; Harasiis marriage, divorce and companionship, Dawn Chatty; oil, fertility and women's status in Oman, Christine Eickelman; law stories, Ziba Mir-Hosseini; the veiled revolution, Elizabeth Fernea. Part 3 Home, community and work: the Doum Tree of Wad Hamid, Tayeb Salih; abortion and the ethics of life, Donna Lee Bowen; worlds of beauty in Morocco, Susan Ossman; chalk and dust - teachers' lives in rural Sudan, Steve Howard; networking in Cairo, Diane Singerman; politics, politics, and more politics - youth life experience in the Gaza Strip, Brian Barber; Islamist activism in Jordan, Quintan Wiktorowicz. Part 4 Popular expression of religion: inside the Islamic reformation, Dale Eickelman; the sound of the divine in daily life, Kristina Nelson; Abu Illya and Zakat, Donna Lee Bowen; an American woman on the Hajj, Michael E. Jansen; Abdul Qadar and the sheep of 'Aid al-Adha, Donna Lee Bowen; women and shrines in Shiraz, Anne H. Betteridge; transmission of Sunni Islamic knowledge in Syria, Annabelle Boucher; Islam's new interpreters, Jon W. Anderson. Part 5 Performance and entertainment: Syrian television drama - permitted political discourse, Evelyn A. Early; Christmatizing Ramadan, Walter Armbrust; Moroccan film-making - a long voyage through the straits of paradox, Kevin Dwyer; prison literature and human rights, Susan Slyomovics; "to mount at-Tiyal he declared" - some poetry from the Yemeni Civil War, Steven C. Caton; sad songs of the Western Desert, Lila Abu-Lughod.
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