Survival strategies and the political economy of low-income households in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar -- Transforming women's identity : the intersection of household and workplace in Cairo / Arlene Elowe MacLeod -- Egyptian male migration and urban families left behind : "feminization of the Egyptian family" or a reaffirmation of traditional gender roles? / Homa Hoodfar -- What's the use? the household, low-income women, and literacy / K.R. Kamphoefner -- The state, urban households and management of daily life : food and social order in Cairo / Nadia Khouri-Dagher -- Beyond paradigms of development : a pragmatic response to housing needs in Cairo's inner city / Nawal Mahmoud Hassan -- The family and community as politics : the popular sector in Cairo / Diane Singerman
