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Teen Life in the Middle East
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Ali Akbar Mahdi, ed.
ISBN: 0-313-31893-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31893-1
288 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2003
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • Middle East Outreach Council Book Award: Best Youth Reference Book of 2004
Description: This unique volume offers unprecedented insight into the typical day, interests, and familial, social, and cultural lives of Middle Eastern teens. Each chapter includes a resource guide to teach teens more about the 11 profiled countries: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Numerous photos accompany the text. This book provides teen readers in the West with a window into the everyday lives of their counterparts in the East, fostering a better understanding of both their similarities and differences.

The current population of the Middle East is young, and their future is critical in our worldview. Teen life in the Middle East is marked by extremes. In some countries, especially those that are Westernized, teens share the benefits of globalization with material and social comforts such as private schooling and vacations abroad. In other countries, political instability, religious and cultural repression, war and occupation, earthquakes, and poverty are ongoing crises. Many teenagers must endure a difficult, and sometimes nearly impossible, path to adulthood.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Introduction: Teens, Islam, and the Middle East
    Iran by Malihe Maghazei
    Iraq by Nadje Al-Ali and Yasmin Hussein
    Israel by Rebecca Torstrick
    Jordan by Musa Shteiwi and Nahed Emaish
    Kuwait by Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra
    Lebanon by Ali Akbar Mahdi
    Palestinian Territories by Rawan Damen and Dima Damen
    Saudi Arabia by M. A. Nezami
    Syria by Ali Akbar Mahdi and Laila Hourani
    Turkey by Meral Kaya
    United Arab Emirates by Judith Caesar and Fatima Badry
    Yemen by Reuben Ahroni
    Index
About the Author: ALI AKBAR MAHDI is Professor of Sociology at Ohio Wesleyan University.
LCC Class: 305
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