Children in the Muslim Middle East / [print]
edited by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.
- first edition.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)1995.
- xvi, 477 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The code of children's rights in Islam Adoption in Islamic society : a historical survey Kuwaiti lullabies Changing child- rearing patterns in an Egyptian village Orphanages in Egypt : contradiction or affirmation in a family-oriented society Bodily mutilation of young females Child mortality and the changing discourse on childhood in Turkey The child as economic investment : preliminary reflections Children's contribution to social security and the family in Egypt An unmarried girl and a grinding stone : a Turkish girl's childhood in the city Early education in Kuwait : a brief description of the nursery curriculum Alternative education under the Intifada : the Palestinian response to Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories Gender roles in Iranian public school textbooks Changing perceptions of Iranian identity in elementary textbooks Girls' participation in combat : a case study from Lebanon Attitudes of teenage girls to the Iranian Revolution Muhammad Abdelkebir Alaoui M'Daghri ; translated by Moncef Lahlou -- Amira al-Azhary Sonbol -- translated and introduced by Farha Ghannam -- Judy H. Brink -- Andrea B. Rugh -- Cairo Family Planning Association -- Akile Gursoy -- Aicha Belarbi ; translated by Moncef and Wafaa Lahlou -- Helmi R. Tadros -- Jenny B. White -- Aishaal-Haj Hasan and Lulua al-Qattami ; translated by Ahmed Sweity -- Abdalla al-Kurd and Barton R. Herrscher -- Adele K. Ferdows -- Patricia J. Higgins /nd Pirouz Shoar-Ghaffari -- Kari H. Karame -- Farhad Khosrokhavar.