Includes bibliographical references.

Childhood in the Muslim Middle East / Elizabeth Warnock Fernea -- Children in the Arab Gulf States: Some Important and Urgent Issues / Hassan al-Ebraheem -- The Code of Children's Rights in Islam / Muhammad Abdelkebir Alaoui M'Daghri -- Adoption in Islamic Society: A Historical Survey / Amira al-Azhary Sonbol -- Children of Amman: Childhood and Child Care in Squatter Areas of Amman, Jordan / Seteney Shami and Lucine Taminian -- Kuwaiti Lullabies -- Changing Child-Rearing Patterns in an Egyptian Village / Judy H. Brink -- Love Conquers All? Changing Images of Gender and Relationship in Morocco / Susan Schaefer Davis and Douglas A. Davis -- Sudanese Lullabies and Adolescent Songs -- To My Son Mehmet, I Present Our Fruits / Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu -- My Religion Series / M. Yasar Kandemir -- Teach Your Children the Love of God's Messenger / Muhammad Abdo Yamani -- Orphanages in Egypt: Contradiction or Affirmation in a Family-Oriented Society / Andrea B. Rugh.

Child Care and Child Health in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Cairo / Homa Hoodfar -- Bodily Mutilation of Young Females / Cairo Family Planning Association -- Life and Health of Jordanian Children / Staffan Janson -- Child Mortality and the Changing Discourse on Childhood in Turkey / Akile Gursoy -- Women's Laments for Children Who Have Died -- The Child as Economic Investment: Preliminary Reflections / Aicha Belarbi -- Children's Contribution to Social Security and the Family in Egypt / Helmi R. Tadros -- Working Children in Cairo: Case Studies / Eftetan O. Farrag -- The Rungs of the Ladder / Daisy al-Amir -- An Unmarried Girl and a Grinding Stone: A Turkish Girl's Childhood in the City / Jenny B. White -- Early Education in Kuwait: A Brief Description of the Nursery Curriculum / A'isha al-Haj Hasan and Lu'lu'a al-Qattami -- Revolution for Children in Saudi Arabia / Jerine B. Bird -- Turkish First-Grade Text from Jinn Ali Starts School / Cin Ali Publications.

Alternative Education under the Intifada: The Palestinian Response to Israeli Policy in the Occupied Territories / Abdalla al-Kurd and Barton R. Herrscher -- Childhood and Education in Highland North Yemen / Susan Dorsky and Thomas B. Stevenson -- Gender Roles in Iranian Public School Textbooks / Adele K. Ferdows -- Changing Perceptions of Iranian Identity in Elementary Textbooks / Patricia J. Higgins and Pirouz Shoar-Ghaffari -- The Rights of the Child Under Islamic Law: Prohibition of the Child Soldier / Maryam Elahi -- Children of Fire (Ribat Al-Fatah) / Hoda al-Namani -- Girls' Participation in Combat: A Case Study from Lebanon / Kari H. Karame -- Attitudes of Teenage Girls to the Iranian Revolution / Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Poetry and Pageants: Growing Up in the Syrian Vanguard / Evelyn Early -- Children's Games and Songs in Egypt / Mohammed Omran -- Patterns of Musical Development among Children in Afghanistan / Veronica Doubleday and John Baily.

The Small Lamp / Ghassan Kanafani -- Children's Games and Songs from Tunisia -- Themes Reflected in Palestinian Children's Literature / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra -- Iftah Ya Simsim (Open Sesame) and Children in Baghdad / Misbah al-Khayr and Hashim al-Samira'i.

All Ages.

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