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“fida j adely”

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  • Working Women in Jordan

    Education, Migration, and Aspiration

    by Fida J. Adely ...
    A surprising look at the meaningful social changes in Jordan as lived and navigated by educated women.Jordan has witnessed tremendous societal transformation in its relatively short history. Today it has one of the most highly educated populations in the region, and women have outnumbered and outperformed their male counterparts for more than a decade. Yet, despite their education and professional ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East, Third Edition

    by Momina Zakzouk, Lila Abu-Lughod, Fida J. Adely, Walter Armbrust, William O. Beeman, Anne H. Betteridge, Robert R. Bianchi, Melani Cammett, Steven Caton, Dawn Chatty, Victoria Fontan, Angel Foster, Sherine Hamdy, Farha Ghannam, Simon Hawkins, Marcia C. Inhorn, Natalie K. Jensen, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Kristin V. Monroe, Kristina Nelson, Yagmur Nuhrat, Christine El Ouardani, Marcie Patton, Jonathan Holt Shannon, Samer S. Shehata, Brian Silverstein, Diane Singerman, Susan Slyomovics, Jenny White, Quintan Wiktorowicz, Erika Friedl Loeffler, Andrew Gardner, Brian K. Barber ...
    The substantially revised and updated third edition of Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East focuses on the experiences of ordinary men, women, and children from the region. Readers will gain a grassroots appreciation of Middle East life, culture, and society that recognizes the impact of wars and uprisings as well as changes to Islamic practice due to advances in technology. The book also ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Gendered Paradoxes

    Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress

    by Fida J. Adely ...
    In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. The resulting demographic picture there—highly educated women who still largely stay at home as mothers and caregivers— prompted the World Bank to ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • Paradise Beneath Her Feet

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    by Isobel Coleman ...
    Now with a new Preface and Afterword by the author“Outstanding . . . [Isobel Coleman] takes us into remote villages and urban bureaucracies to find the brave men and women working to create change in the Middle East.”—Los Angeles TimesInthis timely and important book, Isobel Coleman shows how Muslim women and men across the Middle East are working within Islam to fight for women’s rights in a ... Read more

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  • Our Vision For Liberation

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  • Arab Spring Dreams

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  • Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks

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    by Jenny White, Jenny White ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Turkey has leapt to international prominence as an economic and political powerhouse under its elected Muslim government, and is looked on by many as a model for other Muslim countries in the wake of the Arab Spring. In this book, Jenny White reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish ... Read more

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  • Leisurely Islam

    Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi‘ite South Beirut

    by Lara Deeb, Mona Harb ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    How the rise of leisure is changing contemporary LebanonSouth Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafés and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and pious. What effects have these establishments had on the moral norms, spatial practices, and urban experiences of this Lebanese community? From the diverse voices of young Shi'i Muslims searching ... Read more

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  • An Enchanted Modern

    Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon

    by Lara Deeb ...
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    Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves ... Read more

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  • The Closed Circle

    Joining and Leaving the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

    by Lorenzo Vidino ...
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    The Muslim Brotherhood in the West remains a mysterious entity. In The Closed Circle, Lorenzo Vidino offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world’s most influential Islamist groups operates. He marshals unique interviews with prominent former members and associates from Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America, shedding light on why and how people join and leave Western ... Read more

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  • Arab Youth

    Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk

    Edited by Samir Khalaf, Roseanne Saad Khalaf ...
    In 2011, Arab youth took to the streets in their thousands to demand their freedom. Although it is too early to speculate on the ultimate outcome of the uprisings, one auspicious feature stands out: they reveal the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties, advocacy for human rights, and participatory democracy. This unique volume explores some of the antecedents of the ... Read more

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