The Miami Valley School Library

Women in the Middle East :

Harik, Ramsay M.

Women in the Middle East : tradition and change / Ramsay M. Harik and Elsa Marston. - Rev. ed. - New York : F. Watts, c2003. - 192 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.

Women of the Middle East -- Growing up -- School days -- Religion and tradition -- Becoming a wife -- Married life -- Family and home: women's world -- Veiling -- Women's health -- Women at work -- Women in the arts and athletics -- Women in public life -- Is there a Middle Eastern women's movement? -- A woman's later years -- Afghanistan: the extremes of oppression -- Looking toward tomorrow.

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2004 School Library Journal, May 2003 Book Links (A.L.A.), December 2002 Booklist, April 2003

Discusses the lives of women in the Middle East today including the traditions that shape these lives, the present day religious, social and political realities, and changing expectations.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources

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