Middle Eastern and North African Societies in the Interwar Period

Ebru Boyar, Ph.D. Cambridge University, is a Professor at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara. Her publications include Ottomans, Turks and the Balkans: Empire Lost, Relations Altered (London, 2007) and A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul (Cambridge, 2010).Kate Fleet, Ph.D. SOAS, London University, is Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, University of Cambridge. Her publications include European and Islamic Trade in the Early Ottoman State (Cambridge, 1999) and A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul (Cambridge, 2010).

‘Due to its rich historical and interdisciplinary nature, I strongly recommend this book to students and researchers of Middle East studies who would like to deepen their understanding of not only the political but also the social and cultural dimensions of Middle East affairs.’Mohammad Hassan Khani in Acta Via Serica 4.1 (2019), 153-156.‘Der Sammelband gibt interessante Einblicke in die Entwicklung Südwestasiens und Nordafrikas in der Zwischenkriegszeit, die eine dynamische Region erkennen lassen, die nicht nur unter Kategorien wie Kolonialismus oder Antikolonialismus subsumierbar ist.’Rüdiger Lohlker in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109 (2019).

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors1 Approaching Societies in the Interwar Middle East and North AfricaEbru Boyar and Kate Fleet2 State-Society Relations through the Lens of Urban DevelopmentUlrike Freitag3 Beirut’s Musical Scene: A Narrative of Modernisation and Identity Struggles under the French MandateDiana Abbani4 Tourism and Mobility in Italian Colonial LibyaBrian L. McLaren5 The Call of Communication: Mass Media and Reform in Interwar MoroccoEmilio Spadola6 Doctors Crossing Borders: The Formation of a Regional Profession in the Interwar Middle EastLiat Kozma7 There She is, Miss Universe: Keriman Halis Goes to Egypt, 1933Amit Bein8 Taking Health to the Village: Early Turkish Republican Health Propaganda in the CountrysideEbru Boyar9 The Provision of Water to Istanbul from Terkos: Continuities and Change from Empire to RepublicKate Fleet10 Reforms or Restrictions? The Ottoman Muslim Family Law Code and Women’s Marital Status in Mandate PalestineElizabeth Brownson11 Mapping Social Change through Matters of the Heart: Debates on Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in the Early Turkish Republican Era (1923–1950)Nazan ÇiçekBibliographyIndex