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Women's Voices in Middle East Museums: Case Studies in JordanDuring the past few decades museums have proliferated in the Middle East, not only in the wealthy oil states, but also in poorer countries and even (notably) within the dreadful constraints of occupied Palestine. Rulers and their officials want them for international prestige, to promote dynastic or nationalistic narratives, to attract tourists, and to provide educational facilities for their publics. Dreaming of Change: Young Middle-Class Women and Social Transformation inJordanIn her book Dreaming of Change, Droeber studies young single women of middle class background and higher education as a social group that has great influence on the direction that social and political changes are taking in Jordan. Youth, male and female, are under-represented in the anthropological literature on the Middle East, despite the fact that they constitute almost one third of the population of any Middle Eastern country. Al-Rujula wa Taghayyur Ahwal al-Nisa' (Manhood and Women Changing Conditions of WomenAzza Baydoun is not the kind of social psychologist you often encounter in our world of academia. She is a woman with a specific mission: to delve deeply into the inner core of society, so as to uncover intensely held perceptions, beliefs, and behavioral orientations that affect the most important and the most troubled relationship: that between man and woman.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- CHILDHOOD IN THE MUSLIM MIDDLE EAST -- CHILDREN IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: SOME IMPORTANT AND URGENT ISSUES -- PART II GROWING UP -- ADOPTION IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY: A HISTORICAL SURVEY -- CHILDREN OF AMMAN: CHILDHOOD AND CHILD CARE IN SQUATTER AREAS OF AMMAN, JORDAN -- KUWAITI LULLABIES -- CHANGING CHILD-REARING PATTERNS IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE -- LOVE CONQUERS ALL? CHANGING IMAGES OF GENDER AND RELATIONSHIP IN MOROCCO -- SUDANESE LULLABIES AND ADOLESCENT SONGS -- TO MY SON MEHMET, I PRESENT OUR FRUITS -- MY RELIGION SERIES -- TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE LOVE OF GOD'S MESSENGER -- ORPHANAGES IN EGYPT: CONTRADICTION OR AFFIRMATION IN A FAMILY-ORIENTED SOCIETY -- PART III CHILDREN'S HEALTH -- CHILD CARE AND CHILD HEALTH IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF CAIRO -- BODILY MUTILATION OF YOUNG FEMALES Cairo Family Planning Association -- LIFE AND HEALTH OF JORDANIAN CHILDREN -- CHILD MORTALITY AND THE CHANGING DISCOURSE ON CHILDHOOD IN TURKEY -- WOMEN'S LAMENTS FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIE -- PART IV CHILDREN AND WORK -- THE CHILD AS ECONOMIC INVESTMENT: PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS -- CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE FAMILY IN EGYPT -- WORKING CHILDREN IN CAIRO: CASE STUDIES -- THE RUNGS OF THE LADDER -- AN UNMARRIED GIRL AND A GRINDING STONE: A TURKISH GIRL'S CHILDHOOD IN THE CITY -- PART V CHILDREN'S EDUCATION -- EARLY EDUCATION IN KUWAIT: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE NURSERY CURRICULUM -- REVOLUTION FOR CHILDREN IN SAUDI ARABIA -- T U R K I S H F I R S T - G R A D E TEXT -- ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION UNDER THE INTIFADA: THE PALESTINIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAELI POLICY IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES -- CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION IN HIGHLAND NORTH YEMEN -- GENDER ROLES IN IRANIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS -- CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF IRANIAN IDENTITY IN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS -- PART VI CHILDREN, POLITICS, AND WAR -- THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD UNDER ISLAMIC LAW: PROHIBITION OF THE CHILD SOLDIER -- CHILDREN OF FIRE (Ribat al-Fatah) -- GIRLS' PARTICIPATION IN COMBAT: A CASE STUDY FROM LEBANON -- ATTITUDES OF TEENAGE GIRLS TO THE IRANIAN REVOLUTI -- POETRY AND PAGEANTS: GROWING UP IN THE SYRIAN VANGUARD -- PART VII CHILDREN AND PLAY, CHILDREN AND THE ARTS -- CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SONGS IN EGYPT -- PATTERNS OF MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN -- THE SMALL LAMP -- CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SONGS FROM TUNISIA -- THEMES REFLECTED IN PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- IFTAH YA SIMSIM (OPEN SESAME) AND CHILDREN IN BAGHDAD -- CONCLUSION -- CONTRIBUTORS