Edition |
English ed. |
Description |
vi, 230 p. |
Series |
Cross-cultural perspectives on women, 1068-8536 ; v. 26 |
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Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 26.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction / Inger Marie Okkenhaug and Ingvild Flaskerud -- Justice without drama : observations from Gaza city Sharia Court / Nahda Younis Shehada -- From the army of G-d to the Israeli armed forces : an interaction between two cultural models / Yohai Hakak -- To give the boys energy, manliness, and self-command in temper : the Anglican male ideal and St. George's school in Jerusalem, c. 1900-40 / Inger Marie Okkenhaug -- Women students at the American University of Beirut from the 1920s-1940s / Aleksandra Majstorac Kobiljski -- Women's voluntary social welfare organizations in Egypt / Beth Baron -- Nineteenth-century Protestant missions and Middle Eastern women : an overview / Heleen Murre-van den Berg -- The paradox of the new Islamic woman in Turkey / Jenny B. White -- Visions of Mary in the Middle East : gender and the power of a symbol / Willy Jansen -- An army of women learning Torah / Leah Shakdiel -- Stones and stories : engaging with gender and complex emergencies / Nefissa Naguib -- Tradition and change : Afghan women in an era of war and displacement / Karin Ask -- Vows, mediumship and gender : women's votive meals in Iran / Azam Torab. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Women -- Middle East.
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Women -- Islamic countries.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Okkenhaug, Inger Marie.
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Flaskerud, Ingvild.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
184520199X (pbk.) |
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1845201981 (cloth) |
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