Women in the Middle East : tradition and change
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Women in the Middle East : tradition and change
Franklin Watts, c2003
Rev. ed
Available at 1 libraries
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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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index
Contents of Works
- 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