Boredom and despair in rural Egypt

Contemporary Islam

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-270

  Schielke, Samuli ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ISIM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boredom; Despair; Entertainment; Rural Egypt

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149201068     PISSN: 18720218     EISSN: 18720226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11562-008-0065-8     Document Type: Article

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