Children in the Muslim Middle East / / ed. by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Alqudsi-Ghabra, Taghreed,; Baily, John,; Belarbi, Aicha,; Bird, Jerine B.,; Brink, Judy H.,; Davis, Douglas A.,; Davis, Susan Schaefer,; Dorsky, Susan,; Doubleday, Veronica,; Early, Evelyn,; Elahi, Maryam,; Eyuboglu, Bedri Rahmi,; Farrag, Eftetan O.,; Ferdows, Adele K.,; Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock,; Ghannam, Farha,; Gürsoy, Akilé,; Hasan, A\x27isha al-Haj,; Herrscher, Barton R.,; Higgins, Patricia J.,; Hoodfar, Homa,; Janson, Staffan,; Kanafani, Ghassan,; Kandemir, M. Yasar,; Karamé, Kari H.,; Khosrokhavar, Farhad,; Omran, Mohammed,; Rugh, Andrea B.,; Shami, Seteney,; Shoar-Ghaffari, Pirouz,; Sonbol, Amira al-Azhary,; Stevenson, Thomas B.,; Tadros, Helmi R.,; Taminian, Lucine,; White, Jenny B.,; Yamani, Muhammad Abdo,; al-Amir, Daisy,; al-Ebraheem, Hassan,; al-Khayr, Misbah,; al-Kurd, Abdalla,; al-Namani, Hoda,; al-Qattami, Lu\x27lu\x27a,; al-Satnira’i, Hashim,
• HerausgeberIn: Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (495 p.)

Today nearly half of all people in the Middle East are under the age of fifteen. Yet little is known about the new generation of boys and girls who are growing up in a world vastly different from that of their parents, a generation who will be the leaders of tomorrow. This groundbreaking anthology is an attempt to look at the current situation of children by presenting materials by both Middle Eastern and Western scholars. Many of the works have been translated from Arabic, Persian, and French. The forty-one pieces are organized into sections on the history of childhood, growing up, health, work, education, politics and war, and play and the arts. They are presented in many forms: essays in history and social science, poems, proverbs, lullabies, games, and short stories. Countries represented are Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Israel/West Bank, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Yemen, and Afghanistan. This book complements Elizabeth Fernea's earlier works, Women and the Family in the Middle East and Middle Eastern Muslim Women Speak (coedited with Basima Bezirgan). Like them, it will be important reading for everyone interested in the Middle East and in women's and children's issues.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- CHILDHOOD IN THE MUSLIM MIDDLE EAST -- CHILDREN IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: SOME IMPORTANT AND URGENT ISSUES -- PART II GROWING UP -- ADOPTION IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY: A HISTORICAL SURVEY -- CHILDREN OF AMMAN: CHILDHOOD AND CHILD CARE IN SQUATTER AREAS OF AMMAN, JORDAN -- KUWAITI LULLABIES -- CHANGING CHILD-REARING PATTERNS IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE -- LOVE CONQUERS ALL? CHANGING IMAGES OF GENDER AND RELATIONSHIP IN MOROCCO -- SUDANESE LULLABIES AND ADOLESCENT SONGS -- TO MY SON MEHMET, I PRESENT OUR FRUITS -- MY RELIGION SERIES -- TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE LOVE OF GOD'S MESSENGER -- ORPHANAGES IN EGYPT: CONTRADICTION OR AFFIRMATION IN A FAMILY-ORIENTED SOCIETY -- PART III CHILDREN'S HEALTH -- CHILD CARE AND CHILD HEALTH IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF CAIRO -- BODILY MUTILATION OF YOUNG FEMALES Cairo Family Planning Association -- LIFE AND HEALTH OF JORDANIAN CHILDREN -- CHILD MORTALITY AND THE CHANGING DISCOURSE ON CHILDHOOD IN TURKEY -- WOMEN'S LAMENTS FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIE -- PART IV CHILDREN AND WORK -- THE CHILD AS ECONOMIC INVESTMENT: PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS -- CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE FAMILY IN EGYPT -- WORKING CHILDREN IN CAIRO: CASE STUDIES -- THE RUNGS OF THE LADDER -- AN UNMARRIED GIRL AND A GRINDING STONE: A TURKISH GIRL'S CHILDHOOD IN THE CITY -- PART V CHILDREN'S EDUCATION -- EARLY EDUCATION IN KUWAIT: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE NURSERY CURRICULUM -- REVOLUTION FOR CHILDREN IN SAUDI ARABIA -- T U R K I S H F I R S T - G R A D E TEXT -- ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION UNDER THE INTIFADA: THE PALESTINIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAELI POLICY IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES -- CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION IN HIGHLAND NORTH YEMEN -- GENDER ROLES IN IRANIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS -- CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF IRANIAN IDENTITY IN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS -- PART VI CHILDREN, POLITICS, AND WAR -- THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD UNDER ISLAMIC LAW: PROHIBITION OF THE CHILD SOLDIER -- CHILDREN OF FIRE (Ribat al-Fatah) -- GIRLS' PARTICIPATION IN COMBAT: A CASE STUDY FROM LEBANON -- ATTITUDES OF TEENAGE GIRLS TO THE IRANIAN REVOLUTI -- POETRY AND PAGEANTS: GROWING UP IN THE SYRIAN VANGUARD -- PART VII CHILDREN AND PLAY, CHILDREN AND THE ARTS -- CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SONGS IN EGYPT -- PATTERNS OF MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN -- THE SMALL LAMP -- CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SONGS FROM TUNISIA -- THEMES REFLECTED IN PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- IFTAH YA SIMSIM (OPEN SESAME) AND CHILDREN IN BAGHDAD -- CONCLUSION -- CONTRIBUTORS