Interpreting welfare and relief in the Middle East / edited by Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug.

• Superior document: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, v. 103
• TeilnehmendeR: Naguib, Nefissa, 1960-; Okkenhaug, Inger Marie.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 103.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Based on different problematic and methodological perspectives and new sources, this book’s contributions lie in the close study of welfare beyond the religious divides, codifications and indoctrinations. The time span – from 1850 to the present day - represents moments of colonisations, occupations, wars and conflicts which resulted in un-met needs and broken down institutions. What are the stories behind health care, schools, orphanages and vocational schools, maternity homes and hostels? The collection of chapters examine different involvements in welfare activities not only as contextualised in stable communities and nations, but also as they emerge in vulnerable states and disintegrating societies. Furthermore, this volume brings forth the historical and contemporary voices of those who provide relief and the beneficiaries of such efforts. At the core of this book are themes concerned with humanitarianism in relation to people’s unique experiences, state and non-governmental organisations, gender and modernity.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug -- Introduction / Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug -- Orphans And Abandoned Children In Modern Egypt / Beth Baron -- A Nation Of Widows And Orphans: Armenian Memories Of Relief In Jerusalem / Nefissa Naguib -- Women On A Mission! Scandinavian Welfare And The Armenians In The Ottoman Empire, 1905–1917 / Inger Marie Okkenhaug -- Building Bonny Babies—Missionary Welfare Work In Cairo, 1920–1950 / Renate Lunde -- Independent Women Missionaries In The Scottish School In Jaffa, 1918–1936: Identifying Subaltern Narratives / Michael Marten -- Welfare And Modernity: Three Concepts For The ‘Advanced Woman’ / Susanne Dahlgren -- Gendering Refugees: The United Nations Relief And Works Agency (Unrwa) And The Politics Of Relief / Kjersti G. Berg -- Mercy Trains And Ration Rolls: Between Government And Humanitarianism In Gaza (1948–67) / Ilana Feldman -- Islamic Welfare, Discourse And Practise: The Institutionalization Of Zakat In Palestine / Lars Gunnar Lundblad -- Rural Sufism As Channels Of Charity In Nineteenth-Century Jordan / Bethany Walker -- Index / Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug.