Bahira Sherif
Biographic Data
| ID | 143772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bahira Sherif |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bahira |
| FAMILY NAME | Sherif |
| SIGNATURE | SHERIF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Ambiguity of Boundaries in the Fieldwork Experience
This article contextualizes an emerging issue in critical ethnography, specifically, the problem of establishing rapport and negotiating boundaries for a partial insider in a non-Western setting. A description of the author's experiences while conducting fieldwork among upper-middle-class Muslim families in Cairo, Egypt, highlights the fact that an ethnographer's notions of self intersect with those of the people studied in multiple ways. In part…
When A Father Goes to Jail
The following article represents my testimony in a federal court case held in October 1994 in Philadelphia, PA. At the point when I was asked to participate in the case, the defendant had already been found guilty but was asking for leniency in sentencing under a clause in the law that allows for the consideration of cultural factors. I, in my capacity as a cultural anthropologist with an expertise in the Middle East, was called on as an expert w…
Gender Contradictions in Families
The Prayer of a Married Man Is Equal to Seventy Prayers of a Single Man
This study examines the central role of marriage among upper-middle-class Muslim Egyptians in Cairo, Egypt. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out over a total of 20 months by the author between 1988 and 1996. Using religious and legal sources as well as semistructured interviews and participant observation among two generations of 20 households, this study indicates that marriage continues to occupy a significant place in the life cou…
The Ambiguity of Boundaries in the Fieldwork Experience
This article contextualizes an emerging issue in critical ethnography, specifically, the problem of establishing rapport and negotiating boundaries for a partial insider in a non-Western setting. A description of the author's experiences while conducting fieldwork among upper-middle-class Muslim families in Cairo, Egypt, highlights the fact that an ethnographer's notions of self intersect with those of the people studied in multiple ways. In part…
The Prayer of a Married Man Is Equal to Seventy Prayers of a Single Man
This study examines the central role of marriage among upper-middle-class Muslim Egyptians in Cairo, Egypt. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out over a total of 20 months by the author between 1988 and 1996. Using religious and legal sources as well as semistructured interviews and participant observation among two generations of 20 households, this study indicates that marriage continues to occupy a significant place in the life cou…
When A Father Goes to Jail
The following article represents my testimony in a federal court case held in October 1994 in Philadelphia, PA. At the point when I was asked to participate in the case, the defendant had already been found guilty but was asking for leniency in sentencing under a clause in the law that allows for the consideration of cultural factors. I, in my capacity as a cultural anthropologist with an expertise in the Middle East, was called on as an expert w…
Gender Contradictions in Families
The Prayer of a Married Man Is Equal to Seventy Prayers of a Single Man
This study examines the central role of marriage among upper-middle-class Muslim Egyptians in Cairo, Egypt. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out over a total of 20 months by the author between 1988 and 1996. Using religious and legal sources as well as semistructured interviews and participant observation among two generations of 20 households, this study indicates that marriage continues to occupy a significant place in the life cou…
The Ambiguity of Boundaries in the Fieldwork Experience
This article contextualizes an emerging issue in critical ethnography, specifically, the problem of establishing rapport and negotiating boundaries for a partial insider in a non-Western setting. A description of the author's experiences while conducting fieldwork among upper-middle-class Muslim families in Cairo, Egypt, highlights the fact that an ethnographer's notions of self intersect with those of the people studied in multiple ways. In part…
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Middle class (2 works)