Everyday Life In The Muslim Middle East, Second Edition

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" A] timely, well-researched and written analysis of popular and privatelife that is too often underestimated or overlooked yet which constitutes themajority of human existence in a region too often viewed from the narrow constraintsof the state and its unrepresentative elites." -- JohnEntelis "The broadening of Islamic studies (or regional studies onIslam) to include study of ordinary people, their daily lives, and popular cultureshas been long overdue. An] extremely interesting and innovative study which, in itsown way, successfully challenges the pervasive misperception of the Middle Eastsimply as a conflict-prone region." -- Journal of IslamicStudies ..". provides useful background reading for introductorycourses to everyday history of the Middle East." -- Journal of PalestineStudies "presents a grassroots look at what it is like to actuallylive in the Muslim Middle East... from Aghanistan and Iran to Morocco. It] showshow 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 theliterature...." -- The American Journal of Islamic SocialSciences Focusing on the experiences of ordinary men, women, andchildren from across the Middle East, from Iran and Afghanistan in the east toMorocco in the west, the 35 stories, poems, and essays collected in this anthologyvividly convey an intimate sense of life in the Middle East today. Newly revised andupdated to reflect recent changes in Middle East politics and society, thisanthology will engage students and scholars of this vast and complexregion. Contributors include Lila Abu-Lughod, Jon W. Anderson, Walter Armbrust, Bishara Bahbah, Brian Barber, Anne H. Betteridge, AnnabelleBoucher, Donna Lee Bowen, Steven C. Caton, Dawn Chatty, Driss Chraibi, Susan ShaeferDavis, Kevin Dwyer, Evelyn A. Early, Christine Eickelman, Dale Eickelman, ElizabethFernea, Angel Foster, Erika Friedl, Steve Howard, Michael E. Jansen, Margaret Mills, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Emily Nasrallah, Kristina Nelson, Susan Ossman, Tayib Salih, Diane Singerman, Susan Slyomovics, Jenny White, and Quintan Wiktorowicz.

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