BODILY MUTILATION OF YOUNG FEMALES Cairo Family Planning Association

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE xii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. PART I INTRODUCTION
6. CHILDHOOD IN THE MUSLIM MIDDLE EAST 3
7. CHILDREN IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: SOME IMPORTANT AND URGENT ISSUES 17
8. PART II GROWING UP
9. ADOPTION IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY: A HISTORICAL SURVEY 45
10. CHILDREN OF AMMAN: CHILDHOOD AND CHILD CARE IN SQUATTER AREAS OF AMMAN, JORDAN 68
11. KUWAITI LULLABIES 77
12. CHANGING CHILD-REARING PATTERNS IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE 84
13. LOVE CONQUERS ALL? CHANGING IMAGES OF GENDER AND RELATIONSHIP IN MOROCCO 93
14. SUDANESE LULLABIES AND ADOLESCENT SONGS 109
15. TO MY SON MEHMET, I PRESENT OUR FRUITS 114
16. MY RELIGION SERIES 116
17. TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE LOVE OF GOD'S MESSENGER 118
18. ORPHANAGES IN EGYPT: CONTRADICTION OR AFFIRMATION IN A FAMILY-ORIENTED SOCIETY 124
19. PART III CHILDREN'S HEALTH
20. CHILD CARE AND CHILD HEALTH IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF CAIRO 146
21. BODILY MUTILATION OF YOUNG FEMALES Cairo Family Planning Association 168
22. LIFE AND HEALTH OF JORDANIAN CHILDREN 176
23. CHILD MORTALITY AND THE CHANGING DISCOURSE ON CHILDHOOD IN TURKEY 199
24. WOMEN'S LAMENTS FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIE 223
25. PART IV CHILDREN AND WORK
26. THE CHILD AS ECONOMIC INVESTMENT: PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS 230
27. CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE FAMILY IN EGYPT 235
28. WORKING CHILDREN IN CAIRO: CASE STUDIES 239
29. THE RUNGS OF THE LADDER 250
30. AN UNMARRIED GIRL AND A GRINDING STONE: A TURKISH GIRL'S CHILDHOOD IN THE CITY 257
31. PART V CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
32. EARLY EDUCATION IN KUWAIT: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE NURSERY CURRICULUM 272
33. REVOLUTION FOR CHILDREN IN SAUDI ARABIA 276
34. T U R K I S H F I R S T - G R A D E TEXT 295
35. ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION UNDER THE INTIFADA: THE PALESTINIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAELI POLICY IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES 298
36. CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION IN HIGHLAND NORTH YEMEN 309
37. GENDER ROLES IN IRANIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS 325
38. CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF IRANIAN IDENTITY IN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS 337
39. PART VI CHILDREN, POLITICS, AND WAR
40. THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD UNDER ISLAMIC LAW: PROHIBITION OF THE CHILD SOLDIER 367
41. CHILDREN OF FIRE (Ribat al-Fatah) 375
42. GIRLS' PARTICIPATION IN COMBAT: A CASE STUDY FROM LEBANON 378
43. ATTITUDES OF TEENAGE GIRLS TO THE IRANIAN REVOLUTI 392
44. POETRY AND PAGEANTS: GROWING UP IN THE SYRIAN VANGUARD 410
45. PART VII CHILDREN AND PLAY, CHILDREN AND THE ARTS
46. CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SONGS IN EGYPT 425
47. PATTERNS OF MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN 431
48. THE SMALL LAMP 445
49. CHILDREN'S GAMES AND SONGS FROM TUNISIA 448
50. THEMES REFLECTED IN PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 453
51. IFTAH YA SIMSIM (OPEN SESAME) AND CHILDREN IN BAGHDAD 464
52. CONCLUSION 469
53. CONTRIBUTORS 472