This is the blog for English 1. Let me make some self-examination. John Smith, who has just returned to New York from a vacation in Puerto Rico, had a bad experience about being greeted without order of priority in the largest department in the capital.

Forty years of experience in the Middle East, with fieldworks in Egypt, Oman, and Yemen, have provided me with an in-depth longitudinal perspective on gender among Muslims. Egypt, Oman and Yemen are distinctive societies with internal differences, also as regards gender . Yet it is possible to discern similarities among the populations in each of the localities. How does it link up with shame and dishonor? What can be don.