Women in the Middle East : tradition and change

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Women in the Middle East : tradition and change

Ramsay M. Harik and Elsa Marston

Franklin Watts, c2003

Rev. ed

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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

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