Education In The Arab Gulf States and the Arab World An Annotated Bibliography by Nagat El-Sanabary. (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1991. 572 pages.)

Abstract

Education In The Arab Gulf States And The Arab World: An Annotated
Bibliography is divided into six parts. Each part contains between one to
ten chapters according to the topic. In the preface, the author mentions that
she includes all references found in US libraries and the Library
of Congress and does not include references from Arab countries. She
also mentions that she was "selective" in her choices of what to include
and what not. For example, literature from the social sciences that
contained a lot of stereotyping and biased information about Islam, Arabs
and Arab society in general was excluded. Unpublished works also
were not included. The author then describes her method of listing the
bibliography: when there was literature available on the Arab world in
general, she included that, and then she would list the seven Gulf States in
alphabetical order. If there were no references for a country, then the
country is not mentioned and she jumps to the next country in that order.
Part One contains only one chapter, which is the introduction. ElSannbary
presents an historical overview of the Gulf States, which is her
focus: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates. A map of the region is presented on page four. She surveys
the history and the present conditions of the seven states economically,
politically and educationally. The rest of the chapter includes a one-page
summary on all the topics, which are mainly the chapters that follow.
Part Two comes under the heading "General Background and
Resources", and consists of three chapters. Chapter Two, "Context of
Education", contains 165 entries. It starts with the Arab World (entry 1-52)
followed by Bahrain (52-60), Iraq (61-76), Kuwait (77-95), Oman (96-
102), Qatar (103-108), Saudi Arabia (109-154), and the United Arab
Emirates, (155-165). This is the system followed throughout the whole
book. When there is no literature available on a country, it is not
mentioned. Chapter Three, "Bibliographies and References", starts with
general references (166- 215), and then is followed by Iraq (216), Kuwait
(217), Oman (218-2190, Qatar (220-223), United Arab Emirates (224)
and finally educational references (225-259). Chapter Four, "Religion and
Education," lists 120 entries (260-380) ...