Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East, Third Edition

Donna Lee Bowen is Professor of Political Science and Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University. Evelyn A. Early, anthropologist and consultant, is a former senior foreign service officer.Becky Schulthies is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University.

Praise for previous editions: "[A] timely, well-researched and written analysis of popular and private life that is too often underestimated or overlooked yet which constitutes the majority of human existence in a region too often viewed from the narrow constraints of the state and its unrepresentative elites." —John Entelis "The broadening of Islamic studies (or regional studies on Islam) to include study of ordinary people, their daily lives, and popular cultures has been long overdue. [An] extremely interesting and innovative study which, in its own way, successfully challenges the pervasive misperception of the Middle East simply as a conflict-prone region." —Journal of Islamic Studies ". . . provides useful background reading for introductory courses to everyday history of the Middle East." —Journal of Palestine Studies "presents a grassroots look at what it is like to actually live in the Muslim Middle East . . . from Aghanistan and Iran to Morocco. [It] shows how religion is an important part, but not the sole part, of these people's lives." —Middle East Insight "This book is a welcome addition to the literature. . . ." —The American Journal of Islamic Social SciencesWhat makes this book special is that so many of its contributors really are able to get inside what is going on in the Muslim Middle East, the so-called Arab 'street'. Most of them have actually lived close to those they write about and speak the local language. . . . For those serving in one of our 'fortress' embassies in the Middle East, where getting to know those beyond the elite is difficult, this book should be a must-read.(The Foreign Service Journal)

• Preface to the Third EditionNote on TransliterationIntroduction Part I. Generations and Life Passages Introduction to Part I1. Traditional Songs from Boir Ahmad Collected and Translated by Erika Friedl2. Acquiring Reason and Cultivating Strength: Growing up in Rural Morocco in a Time of Development Christine Nutter-El-Ouardani3. Youth Expressions of Class and Mobility in Beirut, Lebanon Kristin Monroe4. Harasiis Marriage, Divorce and Companionship Dawn Chatty5. Two Weddings Jenny B. White6. Kidneys, Kinship, and Muslim Ethics in Egypt Sherine Hamdy7. Contested Traditions: Gender and Mourning Practices in Egypt Farha Ghannem Part II. Gender Relations Introduction to Part II8. Young Women's Sexuality in Tunisia: The Health Consequences of Misinformation among University Students Angel Foster9. A Thorny Side of Marriage in Iran Erika Friedl10. Cars Culture in Contemporary Qatar Andrew Gardner and Momina Zakzouk11. Middle Eastern Masculinities in the Age of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Marcia Inhorn12. Few 'Gays' in the Middle East, but Significant Same-Sex Sexuality William O. Beeman 13. The 'Ramallah Girls:' Social Change in Urban Space Natalie K. Jensen14. Tamkin: Stories from a Family Court in Iran Ziba Mir-Hosseini15. A New Jordanian Generation Wears the Hijab Donna Lee Bowen Part III. Home, Community, and Work Introduction to Part III16. Politics, Politics, and More Politics: Youth Life Experience in the Gaza Strip Brian K. Barber17. Islamist Activism in Jordan Quintan Wiktorowicz18. Democracy's Collateral Damage Victoria Fontan19. Politics of Class on an Egyptian Factory Floor Samir Shehata 20. 'Madam, You Drive a Hard Bargain:" Selling to Tourists in Tunis' Medina Simon Hawkins21. Human Insecurity in Lebanon Melani Cammett22. Pedagogy, Islamic Education, and Life Lessons in a Jordanian Secondary School for Girls Fida J. Adely23. Networks, Jobs and Everyday Life in Cairo Diane SingermanPart IV. Islam in Practice Introduction to Part IV24. The Sound of the Divine in Daily Life Kristina Nelson25. Abu Illya and Zakat Donna Lee Bowen26. The Hajj in Everyday Life Robert R. Bianchi27. Abdul Qadar and the Sheep of Aid al-Adha Donna Lee Bowen28. Tele-Preachers and Talk Shows: Egyptian Religious Discourse Evelyn A. Early29. Sufism and Everyday Ethics in Turkey Brian Silverstein30. 'Caught Among the Unbelievers:' How Pilgrimage Shapes Iranians' Understandings of Sectarian Difference Anne H. Betteridge Introduction to Part V 31. Deposed leaders, YouTube and the Contested Language of Arab Uprisings Becky Schulthies32. From the Death of Sally Zahran to the Trial of Hosni Mubarak: Martyrs and the January 25th Revolution Walter Armbrust33. Reinserting Race as a Relevant Social Category in Turkish Football Yagmur Nuhrat, Marcie Patton, Donna Lee Bowen, and Becky Schulthies34. The Worst Disaster is What Makes You Laugh: Sounds of the Syrian Revolution Jonathan Shannon35. Al-Aris (the Bridegroom): Prison Literature and Human Rights Salah El-Ouadie Translated by Susan Slyomovics 36. "To Mount at-Tiyal He Declared:" Some Poetry from the Yemeni Civil War Steven C. Caton37. Sad Songs of the Western Desert Lila Abu-LughodNotes on ContributorsIndex