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Further ReadingDoumani, B. (ed.) (2003) Family History in the Middle East, New York: State University of
New York Press.
A valuable attempt to chart family history in the Middle East through cross-disciplinary
conversations between women’s history, gender studies and historical demography.
Hopkins N.S. (ed.) (2001) The New Arab Family, Cairo: The American University in Cairo
Press.
An informative outline of family relations, marriage patterns, and their current transforma-
tions in the Arab world.