Synopses & Reviews
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.
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[A]n excellent job of presenting life in an even-handed way....At a time when so many images of the Middle East focus on violence, it reassures readers that teens everywhere are similar.VOYA
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Starred Review This is an excellent introduction to the life of 13- to 19-year-olds in other countries, some aspects of which will seem very familiar to American students and others of which will seem extremely remote. While ideal for supplementing the curriculum, this book would also be interesting for students to read on their own for information or for pleasure. Highly Recommended.Library Media Connection
Synopsis
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 12 profiled countries: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Synopsis
The typical day, interests, and familial, social, and cultural lives of Middle Eastern teens are examined with unprecedented insight.
About the Author
ALI AKBAR MAHDI is Professor of Sociology at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Table of Contents
Foreword:Toward a world of positive youth development /Richard M. Lerner --Series foreword /Jeffrey S. Kaplan --Introduction:Teens, Islam, and the Middle East /Ali Akbar Mahdi --Iran /Malihe Maghazei --Iraq /Nadje Al-Ali,Yasmin Hussein --Israel /Rebecca Torstrick --Jordan /Musa Shteiwi,Nahed Emaish --Kuwait /Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra --Lebanon /Ali Akbar Mahdi --Palestinian territories /Rawan Damen,Dima Damen --Saudi Arabia /M.A. Nezami --Syria /Ali Akbar Mahdi,Laila Hourani --Turkey /Meral Kaya --United Arab Emirates /Judith Caesar,Fatima Badry --Yemen /Reuben Ahroni.