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Within the Circle

Parents and Children in an Arab Village

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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Within the Circle

Parents and Children in an Arab Village

By: Andrea B. Rugh

When American anthropologist Andrea Rugh rented a room in a small Syrian village, hoping to find the time to finish a book she was writing, she never expected to be drawn so deeply into the lives of her neighbors. But she developed close friendships with two households - those of her landlady and her landlady's sister. For eight months Rugh observed and wrote about the lives of these two families and their ten children. The result is a uniquely intimate account of family life and child rearing in Middle Eastern society. Within the Circle is a detailed, vividly crafted portrait of families in a changing world, chronicling the day-to-day life among family members, between parents and children, and between families and the larger world of the village. The book results from the personal quest of the author to understand the cultural aspects of her own child-rearing practices. She contrasts her experiences as an American mother raising three independent, self-sufficient boys with the experiences of village parents striving to form a closely knit family unit. A fascinating glimpse of village life in the contemporary Middle East, offers a powerful basis for comparing the significant differences in family organization and dynamics between Middle Eastern and American cultures. It also offers a fresh perspective on the meaning - and costs - of family values, as they are defined in two very different cultures.

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0231106785

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9780231106788

Reveal and Conceal

Dress in Contemporary Egypt

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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Dress in Contemporary Egypt

By: Andrea B. Rugh

This book is an exciting study of clothing as a complex cultural expression. The author analyses contemporary social meanings found in the symbols of dress and shows the way groups and individuals use the symbols like a language to reveal or conceal significant aspects of their personal identities. Reveal and Conceal contains thirty-three line drawings, clearly depicting the various modes and differences in dress. Forty-eight photographs are included in the book, most of which were taken by the author during her extensive interviews with the women and men of the Egyptian villages and cities she researched.

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218

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Syracuse University Press

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0815623682

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9780815623687

Simple Gestures

A Cultural Journey Into the Middle East

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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Simple Gestures

A Cultural Journey Into the Middle East

By: Andrea B. Rugh

Overturns common misperceptions about the lives of Middle Easterners.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1597975923

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9781597975926

Within the Circle

Parents and Children in an Arab Village

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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Within the Circle

Parents and Children in an Arab Village

By: Andrea B. Rugh

This is a detailed, vividly crafted portrait of families in a changing world, chronicling the day-to-day life among family members, between parents and children, and between families and the larger world of the village.

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280

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Columbia University Press

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0231106793

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9780231106795

Christians in Egypt

Strategies and Survival

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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Christians in Egypt

Strategies and Survival

By: Andrea B. Rugh

Christians in the Middle East have come under increasing pressure in recent years with the rise of radical Islam. In Egypt, the large Coptic Christian community has traditionally played an important political and historical role. This book examines Egyptian Christians' responses to sectarian pressures in both national and local contexts.

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249

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Springer

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1137566132

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9781137566133

The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates

By: A. Rugh

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The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates

By: A. Rugh

The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences in size, economic resources, and external political pressures, the seven emirates' rulers utilized very similar cultural expectations to gain the support of others.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1403977852

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9781403977854

Christians in Egypt

Strategies and Survival

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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Strategies and Survival

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Simple Gestures

A Cultural Journey into the Middle East

By: Andrea B. Rugh

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A Cultural Journey into the Middle East

By: Andrea B. Rugh

The Greater Middle East poses major challenges for the United States. Yet despite decades of intense involvement in Middle Eastern affairs, most Americans still know little about the cultures of the region. Simple Gestures describes one American's efforts over forty years to better understand the society in the countries where she lived and worked: Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. In her multiple roles, Andrea Rugh came to know people from many walks of life. As a mother, she became friendly with local families. As the wife of a diplomat, who later became an ambassador to two countries, she came to know social elites in the Persian Gulf. As a professional anthropologist, she spent time with people from parts of society who are usually inaccessible to foreigners. Culture is revealed most clearly in the way people interact with one another—in the way they treat the poor, the elderly, and women; how they rear and educate their children; and in the way they react to a foreigner suddenly thrust in their midst. Describing the satisfactions, sudden insights, challenges, and miscommunications that come from being immersed in a foreign culture, Rugh brings to life on the page the places and the people she met along the way.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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159797434X

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9781597974349

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Simple Gestures

Simple Gestures

Within the Circle

Within the Circle

Christians in Egypt

Christians in Egypt

The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates

The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates

Christians in Egypt

Christians in Egypt

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Simple Gestures

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