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Fertile Bonds: Bedouin Class, Kinship, and Gender in the Bekaa Valley
Suzanne E. Joseph
Pubdate: 8/20/2013

 Cloth: $74.95
Girls of the Factory: A Year with the Garment Workers of Morocco
M. Laetitia Cairoli
Pubdate: 3/6/2011

 Cloth: $74.95
Paper: $24.95
Swimming Up the Tigris: Real Life Encounters with Iraq
Barbara Nimri Aziz
Pubdate: 10/21/2007

Day-to-day achievements of ordinary Iraqis in extraordinary times. Aziz sheds light on the illegal and questionable tactics used by the U.S. to destroy Iraq through the sanctions, well before the WMD ruse. With 13 b&w illustrations, 		Cloth: $24.95
Islamic Societies in Practice, second edition
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Pubdate: 5/30/2004

An accessible primer on Islamic society, providing a good historical overview with a focus on how Islam is practiced in daily life. Significant new material on Islam in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States, as well as the Middle East, details the 		Paper: $29.95
The Islamic Quest for Democracy, Pluralism, and Human Rights
Ahmad S. Moussalli
Pubdate: 2/28/2003

Ahmad Moussalli leaves no doubt, contrary to many views in the media, public policy, and scholarly worlds, that the opposition between Islam ideals and democracy, individual liberty, civil society, and limited government is more illusory than real. 		Paper: $24.95
The Many Faces of Islam: Perspectives on a Resurgent Civilization
Nissim Rejwan
Pubdate: 11/29/2000

Seeking to dispel the perception that Islamic fundamentalism and extremism represent Islam in it entirety, Rejwan argues that to view Islam as uniform invites confusion and miscomprehension. The rich sampling of readings demostrates the surprising variety 		Cloth: $59.95
Muslim Women: Crafting a North American Identity
Shahnaz Khan
Pubdate: 4/29/2000

Using interviews with 14 Muslim women from Canada, the author (herself an immigrant) examines how the women challenge and resist stereotypes and achieve new ways of being Muslim. Provides an account of the trauma these women experience during dislocation 		Cloth: $59.95
Women and War in Lebanon
Edited by Lamia Rustum Shehadeh
Pubdate: 12/30/1999

Edited collection of essays examining the impact of the 1975-90 civil war in Lebanon on women--both as a potent oppressor and as a catalyst for liberation from social strictures. Several essays challenge the assumption that women are pacifists by nature. 		Cloth: $59.95
Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism: The Quest for Modernity, Legitimacy, and the Islamic State
Ahmad S. Moussalli
Pubdate: 6/30/1999

Redefines the scope of modern Islamic thought, suggesting that Islamic fundamentalism might prove to be a liberating theology for the modern Islamic world and maintaining that the modern development of Islamic 		Cloth: $59.95
Paper: $21.95
Rural Labor Movements in Egypt and Their Impact on the State, 1961-1992
James Toth
Pubdate: 3/29/1999

Analyzes the role of rural workers in Egypt’s economy and explores the enormous impact of peasants on the economy, an impact often unanticipated by government planners which often served to thwart government 		Cloth: $59.95
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