Despite the constant refrain that family is the most important social institution in Middle Eastern societies, only recently has it become the focus for rethink

Michael Herb proposes a new paradigm for understanding politics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. He critiques the theory of the rentier state and argues that we mu

An old culture investigated from a new perspective of Feminism in relation to the traditional values of Islam. -- Amazon.com.

An old culture investigated from a new perspective of Feminism in relation to the traditional values of Islam. -- Amazon.com.

Newly married, Chris and Susanna Naylor set off for a new life in the Arab world - living first in Kuwait, then Jordan and finally Lebanon. In a region never fa