Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: Understanding People in Context -- 1. Self and Identity -- From My Life -- The ID Card -- From Why Keep Asking Me about My Identity? -- 2. Rites of Passage -- From An Egyptian Childhood -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- From Khul-Khaal: Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories -- Dunya -- My Wedding Night -- 3. Codes of Masculinity -- Choice -- Sa‘id, the Searcher -- Those Two Heavy Wings of Manhood: On Moustaches -- 4. Honor versus Shame -- The Beards -- Misfortune in the Alley -- Abu Richard -- 5. Private versus Public -- The Freak -- From The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca -- Tears for Sale -- 6. Sexual Mores -- Let’s Play Doctor -- A Red Spot -- Caught Red-Handed -- From Who’s Afraid of Meryl Streep? -- 7. Gender Relations -- A Mistake in the Knitting -- International Women’s Day -- From Breaking Knees -- 5 -- 8 -- She and the Dogs -- She -- She and He -- She -- 8. Marriage and Children -- From My Life -- From The Seven Days of Man -- The Spider’s Web -- Heir Apparent -- 9. Family Dynamics -- The Funfair -- The One-Eyed Woman -- The Newcomer -- From The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood -- From A Refugee Childhood -- 10. Religion—Official versus Popular -- From A Child from the Village -- From The Saint’s Lamp -- The Dome with the Crescent: A Trilogy -- Sir el-Khatim -- The Mother -- Rahma -- An Old Picture -- 11. Fate and God’s Will versus Freedom of Choice -- The Village Tale -- Bread, Hashish and Moon -- Life’s Will -- 12. Forms of Violence -- Washing Off Disgrace -- Blood Feud -- The Martyr -- Bus #99 -- 13. The Ruler and the Ruled -- The Chair Carrier -- On the Tenth Day -- From What Value Has the People Whose Tongue Is Tied? -- The Moment the Barrier of Fear Broke Down -- Activist, male, 32, Cairo -- 14. The Arab-Israeli Conflict -- Innocence -- Identity Card -- From The Last Chapter -- Legend -- 15. Perceptions of the West -- From My Life -- Sardines and Oranges -- From The Funeral of New York -- From The Crane -- America -- Notes -- About the Authors -- Permissions and Acknowledgments -- .
