Barren Land and Fecund Bodies
The Emergence of Population Discourse in Interwar Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Omnia El Shakry (0009-0002-6487-0657, University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 351-372 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743805052116 |
| OpenAlex | W2013104115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Between 1936 and 1939, the Egyptian Medical Association held a series of forums on birth control and the population problem; the first full-length book on Egypt's population problem was published; the first life tables for Egypt were calculated; a group of university professors organized under the rubric of the Happy Family Society to discuss the need for planned families; the first fatwa on birth control in the 20th century was issued by the mufti of Egypt, Shaykh Abd al-Majid Salim; and the Ministry of Social Affairs was created, part of its mandate being to study the population problem
Ancient history · Archaeology · Birth control · Christian ministry · Family planning · Genealogy · Islam · Mandate · Political science · Population · Population control · Research methodology · Rubric · Social science · Sociology · Demography · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |