| Description |
xvi, 327 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies |
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Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index. |
| Contents |
Traditional songs from Boir Ahmad -- Growing up in Morocco / Susan Schaefer Davis -- Children and war / Louise Berdal -- Memoirs of a street tough / Yusuf Abu Haggag -- "Of the dust and the wind" : arranged marriage in Afghanistan / Margaret A. Mills -- The son's return / Driss Chraibi -- The funeral / Driss Chraibi -- Women and Sex / Nawal El Saadawi -- Dilemmas of adolescence : courtship, sex, and marriage in a Moroccan town / Douglas A. Davis and Susan Schaefer Davis -- Pragmatic morality : Islam and family planning in Morocco / Donna Lee Bowen -- Fertility and fate: medical practices among Baladi women of Cairo / Evelyn A. Early -- Personal status law in Sudan / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- The veiled revolution / Elizabeth W. Fernea -- Rites of hospitality and aesthetics / Aida S. Kanafani -- The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid / Tayeb Salih -- The Nasiriyya Brotherhood of southern Morocco / James A. Miller and Donna Lee Bowen -- Lying, honor, and contradiction / Michael Gilsenan -- Editing al-Fajr : a Palestinian newspaper in Jerusalem / Bishara Bahbah -- Hajj Nejm's cures and tales / Abdel-Salam Al Ujaili -- Islam and Hajj Brahim's world / John Waterbury -- Suqs of the Middle East : commercial centers past and present / Robert Fernea -- Selections from the Quran / translated by Juan E. Campo -- 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 -- Sayyida Zainab : the chosen of Bani Hashim / Muhammad Fahmi Abdal-Wahab -- New Year's Day at Ali's Shrine / Robert L. Canfield -- Women and shrines in Shiraz / Anne H. Betteridge -- Humor : the two-edged wword / Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot -- Darid Laham : political satirist as modern storyteller / Evelyn A. Early -- "To Mount at-Tiyal he declared" : some poetry from the Yemeni Civil War / Steven C. Caton -- Entertainment in the marketplace / Philip D. Schuyler -- Sad songs of the Western Desert / Lila Abu-Lughod -- A folk revival in Morocco / Philip D. Schuyler. |
| Summary |
Conveys a "grassroots" sense of Middle East culture and society today. |
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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. |
| Processing Action |
Legacy 2017 UoY |
| Subject |
Middle East -- Social life and customs.
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Middle East -- Intellectual life.
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Africa, North -- Social life and customs.
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Africa, North -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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North Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239515
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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Alltag (DE-588)4001307-8
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Islamische Staaten (DE-588)4073172-8
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Aufsatzsammlung (DE-588)4143413-4
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Dagelijks leven.
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Islamieten.
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Arabieren.
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| Indexed Term |
Africa, North Social life and customs |
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Middle East Social life and customs |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Bowen, Donna Lee, 1947-
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Early, Evelyn A.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Everyday life in the Muslim Middle East. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1993 (OCoLC)607762129 |
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Online version: Everyday life in the Muslim Middle East. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1993 (OCoLC)624461159 |
| ISBN |
0253312531 (alk. paper) |
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9780253312532 (alk. paper) |
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0253207797 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780253207791 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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