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Women, Work, and Economic Reform in the Middle East and North Africa, by Valentine Moghadam. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1998. xi + 235 pages. Acronyms and Abbrevs. to p. 238, Refs. to p. 253. Index to p. 258. $55.

Reviewed by Hiva Harik

This volume on women in the labor force during the 1990s is a welcome addition to the increasingly informative literature on women's status in the societies and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is the product of the author's extensive field work, consulting work for international financial institutions, and reliance on statistics from various sources. Of the book's ten chapters, four are thematic, while the rest …