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Intro -- Contents -- Preface Political and Social Protest in Egypt -- 2 Protest against a Hybrid State Words without Meaning? -- 3 Exploding into the Seventies Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm, Sheikh Imam, and the Aesthetics of a New Youth Politics -- 4 Kefaya at a Turning Point -- 5 Judges as Reform Advocates A Lost Battle? -- 6 When " Enough" is not Enough Resistance during Accumulation by Dispossession -- 7 Worker Protests under Economic Liberalization in Egypt -- 8 A Feminist Movement in Egypt? -- 9 The Radical Turn of Coptic Activism Path to Democracy or to Sectarian Politics? -- 10 The Muslim Brotherhood Contradictions and Transformations -- About the Contributors.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION: THE NEW ARAB FAMILY -- FRAMEWORKS FOR STUDYING FAMILIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- NUPTIALITY IN ARAB COUNTRIES: CHANGES AND IMPLICATIONS -- AGE-DISCREPANT MARRIAGE IN EGYPT -- RATIONALES FOR KIN MARRIAGES IN RURAL UPPER EGYPT -- THE COST OF MARRIAGE IN EGYPT: A HIDDEN VARIABLE IN THE NEW ARAB DEMOGRAPHY -- FROM SEXUAL SUBMISSION TO VOLUNTARY COMMITMENT: THE TRANSFORMATION OF FAMILY TIES IN CONTEMPORARY TUNISIA -- FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS: HEADSHIP AND CO-RESIDENCE -- AMONG BROTHERS: PATRIARCHAL CONNECTIVE MIRRORING AND BROTHERLY DEFERENCE IN LEBANON -- SISTERHOOD AND STEWARDSHIP IN SISTER-BROTHER RELATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA -- THE ABSENT FATHER -- SOCIAL CHANGE AND ADOLESCENT-PARENT DYNAMICS IN EGYPT -- TERMINATING MARRIAGE -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.

In the North-Tunisian town of Testour one can observe the role of the saint most respected in Testour society: Sidi Ali el Arian. People visit his shrine to make individual offerings and for collective celebrations, especially the annual festival known as a zerda. Sidi Ali's main role is that of a protector of the people of Testour and their enterprises, and many legends and tales recount his successes in those domains from health to politics. The appeal to Sidi Ali requires a visit to the shrine where the petitioner offers a prayer to God and leaves a modest offering and may burn a candle. An annual festival occurs in the spring and involves the sacrifice of cattle and a communal meal on the resulting meat, and a collective celebration involving drumming, singing, and dancing with occasional trancing.