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Women in the Middle East : tradition and change / Ramsay M. Harik and Elsa Marston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Franklin Watts, c2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 192 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0531122220
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1726.5 .H37 2003
Contents:
Women of the Middle East -- Growing up -- School days -- Religion and tradition -- Becoming a wife -- Married life -- Family and home : women's world -- Veiling -- -- Women's health -- Women at work -- Women in the arts and athletics -- Women in public life -- Is there a Middle Eastern women's movement? -- A woman's later years -- Afghanistan : the extremes of oppression -- Looking toward tomorrow.
Summary: Discusses the lives of women in the Middle East today including the traditions that shape these lives, the present day religious, social and political realities, and changing expectations.
List(s) this item appears in: Middle East Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J 305.42 H281w 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002136297
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.

Women of the Middle East -- Growing up -- School days -- Religion and tradition -- Becoming a wife -- Married life -- Family and home : women's world -- Veiling -- -- Women's health -- Women at work -- Women in the arts and athletics -- Women in public life -- Is there a Middle Eastern women's movement? -- A woman's later years -- Afghanistan : the extremes of oppression -- Looking toward tomorrow.

Discusses the lives of women in the Middle East today including the traditions that shape these lives, the present day religious, social and political realities, and changing expectations.

Middle East Book Award, winner in the reference category.

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