Andrea B. Rugh lived for 25 years in Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates, while conducting research and working on development projects for USAID, UNICEF, and Harvard University in South Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. She is author of thirteen books on the Middle East, including Christians in Egypt (Dio Press Inc, 2015).

• PrefaceChapter 1.  Searching for Worldviews in the Middle EastChapter 2. “Beautiful Communications”: The Art of Getting AlongChapter 3. Climate Resilience: A Syrian Farm Family Copes with DroughtChapter 4. Demystifying Arab Women: Do They Really Need Saving?Chapter 5. Women’s Power: Their Influence on Tribal Politics in the United Arab EmiratesChapter 6. Family-Focused Society: Where Do Orphanages and Homes for the Elderly Fit?Chapter 7. Islam: Why It’s the Fastest Growing Major Religion in the WorldChapter 8. Communicating Values Through Advice ColumnsChapter 9. Christians: Coping with Minority Status in a Cairo CommunityChapter 10. Dress Along the Nile: Meanings and Symbol SystemsChapter 11. Western-Style Democracy: A Challenge in Tribal-Origin SocietiesChapter 12. Solving Problems: Legal Systems and Negotiating StylesChapter 13. Education and Foreign Assistance: Where Conflicting Worldviews MeetChapter 14. What Worldviews Tell Us about the Middle EastBibliographyIndex

Andrea B. Rugh lived for 25 years in Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates, while conducting research and working on development projects for USAID, UNICEF, and Harvard University in South Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. She is author of thirteen books on the Middle East, including Christians in Egypt (Dio Press Inc, 2015).

• PrefaceChapter 1.  Searching for Worldviews in the Middle EastChapter 2. “Beautiful Communications”: The Art of Getting AlongChapter 3. Climate Resilience: A Syrian Farm Family Copes with DroughtChapter 4. Demystifying Arab Women: Do They Really Need Saving?Chapter 5. Women’s Power: Their Influence on Tribal Politics in the United Arab EmiratesChapter 6. Family-Focused Society: Where Do Orphanages and Homes for the Elderly Fit?Chapter 7. Islam: Why It’s the Fastest Growing Major Religion in the WorldChapter 8. Communicating Values Through Advice ColumnsChapter 9. Christians: Coping with Minority Status in a Cairo CommunityChapter 10. Dress Along the Nile: Meanings and Symbol SystemsChapter 11. Western-Style Democracy: A Challenge in Tribal-Origin SocietiesChapter 12. Solving Problems: Legal Systems and Negotiating StylesChapter 13. Education and Foreign Assistance: Where Conflicting Worldviews MeetChapter 14. What Worldviews Tell Us about the Middle EastBibliographyIndex

Andrea B. Rugh lived for 25 years in Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates, while conducting research and working on development projects for USAID, UNICEF, and Harvard University in South Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. She is author of thirteen books on the Middle East, including Christians in Egypt (Dio Press Inc, 2015).

• PrefaceChapter 1.  Searching for Worldviews in the Middle EastChapter 2. “Beautiful Communications”: The Art of Getting AlongChapter 3. Climate Resilience: A Syrian Farm Family Copes with DroughtChapter 4. Demystifying Arab Women: Do They Really Need Saving?Chapter 5. Women’s Power: Their Influence on Tribal Politics in the United Arab EmiratesChapter 6. Family-Focused Society: Where Do Orphanages and Homes for the Elderly Fit?Chapter 7. Islam: Why It’s the Fastest Growing Major Religion in the WorldChapter 8. Communicating Values Through Advice ColumnsChapter 9. Christians: Coping with Minority Status in a Cairo CommunityChapter 10. Dress Along the Nile: Meanings and Symbol SystemsChapter 11. Western-Style Democracy: A Challenge in Tribal-Origin SocietiesChapter 12. Solving Problems: Legal Systems and Negotiating StylesChapter 13. Education and Foreign Assistance: Where Conflicting Worldviews MeetChapter 14. What Worldviews Tell Us about the Middle EastBibliographyIndex