Al-Raida Journal

Issues

Young Arab Women - Fall 2004 - Issues 106-107

Vol. 28 (2004)

Arab youth are plagued by very many ills, namely high unemployment rates, deteriorating public education, wars, social marginalization, health and reproductive problems, gender oppression, and sexual violence against young women to mention a few. The purpose of this issue of Al-Raida is to highlight the situation of youth in the Arab world.

AiW News

Film Festival: Women and Sexuality

Lebanese American University

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Book Reviews

His/story Through the Eyes of a Girl: Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis

Aglaia Viviani

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The Mind Complains and the Body Suffers

Azzah Shararah Baydoun

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The Diary of a Frightened Girl

Mona Fayad

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Editorial

Why an Issue on Young Arab Women

Mona Fayed

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File Intro

Young Arab Women

Mona Fayad

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Files

The Lebanese Youth: Scattered Approaches

Shafic Shuaib

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Bringing Sports and Opportunities to Girls in Rural Egypt

Alyce Abdalla, Ray Langsten

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‘Urfi marriage, an Egyptian Version of Cohabitation?

Ikran Eum

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Cross-Generation Sexual Abuse Within the Extended Family

Khawla Abu Baker

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Women’s Path to Independence in Syria

Talal El-Atrache

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Young, Single and Employed: Jordanian Women’s Voices on Impact of Work

Mary Kawar

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Educating Ms. Fatima

Tim Walters, Susan Swan, Ron Wolfe, John Whiteoak

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Young Media Women

Nahawand Al-Kadri Issa

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The Second Arab Women Development Report Arab Adolescent Girls

Center of Arab Women (CAWTAR)

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Lebanon: Adolescents and Puberty

Mona Fayed

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What Moves the Young?

Ali Harb

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Introduction to the Study of Adolescence in Arab Communities

Adib Nehmed

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Morocco Children and Teaching in Rural Areas

Dr. Abdel Salam Fazazi

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Reducing Early Marriage In Yemen

OXFAM Presentation

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News

From Lebanon/From Sudan

Lebanese American University

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Opinion

Miss Lebanon or Miss Habalon

Riad Kobaissi

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Quote/Unquote

Thus Spoke Fatima

Lebanese American University

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Report

Poor Women’s Empowerment and the Challenges Ahead for the Arab World

Nancy Okail

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Research Articles

Recent Publications/Announcement/Films

Lebanese American University

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Roundtable

“Innovations in Institutional Arrangements for Promoting Gender Equality at National Level”

Lebanese American University

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