Tomorrow, God willing : self-made destinies in Cairo / Unni Wikan.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1996وصف:xvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226898350 (pbk)
- 9780226898353 (pbk)
- 0226898342 (hbk)
- 9780226898346 (hbk)
- HN786.C3 W55 1996
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN786.C3 W55 1996 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000128916 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN786.C3 W55 1996 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 300100321990 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN786.C3 W55 1996 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 300100321991 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt. 1. Woman, Mother, and Poor. 1. A Broken Dream. 2. Tomorrow, God Willing. 3. The Back Street Environment. 4. A Woman and Her Man. 5. The Children. 6. A Life in Poverty. 7. Seven Brothers and Sisters. 8. For the Children's Sake -- Pt. 2. Umm Ali Speaks. 9. The Source of All Misery: Mustafa and the Money. 10. Manchild Mustafa. 11. Marriage and Love. 12. Might and Vulnerability. 13. Three Desperate Attempts at Self-Help -- Pt. 3. The Back Streets as a Social Environment. 14. Everyone Begrudges Others Everything They Have. 15. Materialism and Want -- Pt. 4. Daily Life and Rhythm. 16. Typical Days in Umm Ali's Life -- Pt. 5. Growing Up in Poverty. 17. The Child in the Family. 18. The Everyday World of Children -- Pt. 6. Three Ways out of Misery. 19. Amin's Death. 20. Afaf's Illness. 21. Hoda's Spiritual Conversion -- Pt. 7. Some Important Persons and Events in Umm Ali's Life. 22. Childhood and Youth, 1934-1949.
23. Amira: Sister-in-Law Who Has Enough with Her Own. 24. Ahmed: Beloved Brother. 25. Farida: Sister Whom Life Did Not Spare. 26. Umm Magdi and the Friendship That Broke Up. 27. Some Who Were Not Mentioned. 28. Houseguests Holding Their Ground -- Pt. 8. Young Today. 29. On Freedom, Choice, and Love. 30. Ali: Freedom at a High Price. 31. Hoda: "As If He Could Decide over Me" 32. Mona: "Marriage Is Like an Unopened Watermelon" -- Pt. 9. A Hope for the Future. 33. Fulfillment. 34. Talking Is Therapy -- Pt. 10. Epilogue. 35. What Happened Next? 36. Cairo - City Victorious?
Describes life in a Cairo slum through the experiences of Umm Ali and her family, and shows how they survive poverty, domestic violence, and other problems through hard work, hope for the future, and faith.