| Description |
xvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. Woman, Mother, and Poor. 1. A Broken Dream. 2. Tomorrow, God Willing. 3. The Back Street Environment. 4. A Woman and Her Man. 5. The Children. 6. A Life in Poverty. 7. Seven Brothers and Sisters. 8. For the Children's Sake ---- Part 2. Umm Ali Speaks. 9. The Source of All Misery: Mustafa and the Money. 10. Manchild Mustafa. 11. Marriage and Love. 12. Might and Vulnerability. 13. Three Desperate Attempts at Self-Help ---- Part 3. The Back Streets as a Social Environment. 14. Everyone Begrudges Others Everything They Have. 15. Materialism and Want ---- Part 4. Daily Life and Rhythm. 16. Typical Days in Umm Ali's Life ---- Part 5. Growing Up in Poverty. 17. The Child in the Family. 18. The Everyday World of Children ---- Part 6. Three Ways out of Misery. 19. Amin's Death. 20. Afaf's Illness. 21. Hoda's Spiritual Conversion ---- Part 7. Some Important Persons and Events in Umm Ali's Life. 22. Childhood and Youth, 1934-1949. 23. Amira: Sister-in-Law Who Has Enough with Her Own. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index. |
| Subject |
Poor -- Egypt -- Cairo.
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| Local Subject |
Poor people -- Egypt -- Cairo.
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| Subject |
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
0226898342 alkaline paper |
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0226898350 paperback alkaline paper |
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