Interpreting welfare and relief in the Middle East /

Based on different problematic and methodological perspectives and new sources, this book's contributions lie in the close study of welfare beyond the religious divides, codifications and indoctrinations. The time span - from 1850 to the present day - represents moments of colonisations, occupa...

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Other Authors: Naguib, Nefissa, 1960-, Okkenhaug, Inger Marie.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia 103.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223035.

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Call Number: HV376.5 .I58 2008

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
  • Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug
  • Introduction /
  • Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug
  • Orphans And Abandoned Children In Modern Egypt /
  • Beth Baron
  • A Nation Of Widows And Orphans: Armenian Memories Of Relief In Jerusalem /
  • Nefissa Naguib
  • Women On A Mission! Scandinavian Welfare And The Armenians In The Ottoman Empire, 1905-1917 /
  • Inger Marie Okkenhaug
  • Building Bonny Babies-Missionary Welfare Work In Cairo, 1920-1950 /
  • Renate Lunde
  • Independent Women Missionaries In The Scottish School In Jaffa, 1918-1936: Identifying Subaltern Narratives /
  • Michael Marten
  • Welfare And Modernity: Three Concepts For The 'Advanced Woman' /
  • Susanne Dahlgren
  • Gendering Refugees: The United Nations Relief And Works Agency (Unrwa) And The Politics Of Relief /
  • Kjersti G. Berg
  • Mercy Trains And Ration Rolls: Between Government And Humanitarianism In Gaza (1948-67) /
  • Ilana Feldman
  • Islamic Welfare, Discourse And Practise: The Institutionalization Of Zakat In Palestine /
  • Lars Gunnar Lundblad
  • Rural Sufism As Channels Of Charity In Nineteenth-Century Jordan /
  • Bethany Walker
  • Index /
  • Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug.