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Contents List of Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1. Introduction: Getting beyond the Stereotypes 1 2. The Arab Republic of Syria 25 3. Education, Expectations, and Opportunities 60 4. Engagement, Faith, and Family 105 5. Cutting the Melon: Choices in Married Life 155 6. Paying for the Honey: Managing Work and Family 200 7. Technology, Security, and Social Change 240 8. Crafting Lives: Agency and Resources under Bashar al-Asad 282 Glossary 301 References 303 Index 319 ...

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