Search Results - "Islamic"

The headscarf debates : conflicts of national belonging / by Korteweg, Anna C., Yurdakul, G�ok�ce

Subjects: “…Hijab (Islamic clothing) Political aspects Cross-cultural studies.…”
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Constituting modernity private property in the East and West /

“…Islamic Mediterranean ;…”
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Muslim women in the United Kingdom and beyond

“…Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ;…”
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Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society /

Table of Contents: “…Chambre -- Women and philanthropy in Egypt / Amani Kandil -- An Islamic activist in interwar Egypt / Beth Baron -- Women and philanthropy in Palestinian and Egyptian societies : the contributions of Islamic thought and the strategy of national survival / Ghada Hashem Talhami -- Women and philanthropy in India / Pushpa Sundar -- Women and philanthropy in South Korea from a non-Western perspective / Hye Kyung Lee.…”
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On knowing and not knowing in the anthropology of medicine

Table of Contents: “…: constraints in anthropological research in violent situations / Els van Dongen -- Neutralizing the young : the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and youth / Pamela Reynolds -- In touch without touching : Islam and healing / David Parkin.…”
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Cultural styles of knowledge transmission essays in honour of Ad Borsboom /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Jean Kommers and Eric Venbrux -- Ad Borsboom / Charles de Weert -- Maradjiri and Mamurrng: Ad Borsboom and me / Jon Altman -- Conversations with Mostapha: learning about Islamic law in a bookshop in Rabat / Léon Buskens -- Education in eighteenth century Polynesia / Henri J.M. …”
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