Middle Eastern and North African societies in the interwar period / edited by Ebru Boyar, Kate Fleet.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index.

Approaching societies in the interwar Middle East and North Africa / Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet -- State-society relations through the lens of urban development / Ulrike Freitag -- Beirut's musical scene : a narrative of modernisation and identity -- Struggles under the French mandate / Diana Abbani -- Tourism and mobility in Italian colonial Libya / Brian L. McLaren -- The call of communication : mass media and reform in interwar Morocco / Emilio Spadola -- Doctors crossing borders : the formation of a regional profession in the interwar Middle East / Liat Kozma -- There she is, Miss Universe : Keriman Halis goes to Egypt, 1933 / Amit Bein -- Taking health to the village : early Turkish republican health -- Propaganda in the countryside / Ebru Boyar -- The provision of water to Istanbul from Terkos : continuities and change from empire to republic / Kate Fleet -- Reforms or restrictions? The Ottoman Muslim family law code and women's marital status in mandate Palestine / Elizabeth Brownson -- Mapping social change through matters of the heart : debates on courtship, marriage and divorce in the early Turkish republican era (1923-1950) / Nazan Cicek.

Taking society as its central focus, Middle Eastern and North African Societies in the Interwar Period approaches the region as one of connectivities and fluidity and investigates networks and interregional relations, stratagems adopted to shape society and social resistance to or absorption of change. From tourism to health propaganda, marriage to beauty contest, mass communication to music, this book offers a vibrant and dynamic picture of the region which goes beyond state borders --