Description: Preliminary Table of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Generations and Life Passages Introduction 1. Traditional Songs from Boir Ahmad Erika Friedl 2. Growing Up in Morocco Susan Shaefer Davis 3. Explosion Emily Nasrallah 4. 'Of the Dust and the Wind': Arranged Marriage in Afghanistan Margaret Mills 5. Two Weddings Jenny White 6. Editing al-Fajr: A Palestinian Newspaper in Jerusalem Bishara Bahbah 7. The Son's Return Driss Chraibi 8. The Funeral Driss Chraibi Part 2: Gender Relations Introduction 9. Sexuality and Sexual Health of Young Tunisian Women Angel Foster 10. A Thorny Side of Marriage in Iran Erika Friedl 11. Harasiis Marriage, Divorce and Companionship Dawn Chatty 12. Oil, Fertility and Women's Status in Oman Christine Eickelman 13. Law Stories Ziba Mir-Hosseini 14. The Veiled Revolution Elizabeth Fernea Part 3: Home, Community, and Work Introduction 15. The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid Tayeb Salih 16. Abortion and the Ethics of Life Donna Lee Bowen 17. Worlds of Beauty in Morocco Susan Ossman 18. Chalk and Dust: Teachers' Lives in Rural Sudan Steve Howard 19. Networking in Cairo Diane Singerman 20. Politics, Politics, and More Politics: Youth Life Experience in the Gaza Strip Brian Barber 21. Islamist Activism in Jordan Quintan Wiktorowicz Part 4: Popular Expression of Religion Introduction 22. Inside the Islamic Reformation Dale Eickelman 23. The Sound of the Divine in Daily Life Kristina Nelson 24. Abu Illya and Zakat Donna Lee Bowen 25. An American Woman on the Hajj Michael E. Jansen 26. Abdul Qadar and the Sheep of 'Aid al-Adha Donna Lee Bowen 27. Women and Shrines in Shiraz Anne H. Betteridge 28. Transmission of Sunni Islamic Knowledge in Syria Annabelle Boucher 29. Islam's New Interpreters Jon W. Anderson Part 5: Performance and Entertainment Introduction 30. Syrian Television Drama: Permitted Political Discourse Evelyn A. Early 31. Christmatizing Ramadan Walter Armbrust 32. Moroccan Film-making: A Long Voyage through the Straits of Paradox Kevin Dwyer 33. Prison Literature and Human Rights Susan Slyomovics 34. "To Mount at-Tiyal He Declared": Some Poetry from the Yemeni Civil War Steven C. Caton 35. Sad Songs of the Western Desert Lila Abu-Lughod Glossary Selected Readings Contributors Index

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