Islam, Charity, and Activism
Subtitle: Middle-Class Networks and Social Welfare in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780253216267
Subjects: Asian studies; Charities & voluntary services; Islam; History; Sociology; History: World; Middle East; General; Middle East - General; Sociology - General; Charities; Egypt; Jordan; Social institutions; Yemen
First sentence: My first contact with an Islamic social institution (ISI) was a health clinic located in a relatively wealthy but crowded part of Cairo.