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The table of contents is partial. Authors are being solicited for entries. As their entries are completed and accepted, the table of contents will be updated.

Volume IV: Contents

Cities: Colonial Cities
Arab States
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Cities: Divided
Overview

Cities: Global
Overview

Cities: Homelessness
Arab States
Australia and the Pacific
The Caucasus
Central Asia
East and Southeast Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey

Cities: Informal Settlements
Arab States (excepting Sudan and North Africa)
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
South Asia
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
Turkey

Cities: Islamic Cities
Overview

Cities: Urban Built Environments
The Caucasus
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt and the Mashriq
The Gulf States
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
North America
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the PacificSouth Asia
South America
Sudan
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt
Turkey
Western Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt

Cities: Urban Identities
Afghanistan
Arab States
The Caucasus
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran
Kuala Lumpur
North America
The Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
South America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey
Western Europe

Cities: Urban Movements
Afghanistan
Arab States (excepting North Africa)
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran
North Africa (excepting Egypt)
North America
The Ottoman Empire
South America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Thailand and Malaysia
Turkey
Western Europe

Development: Community-Based Organizations
Arab States (excepting North Africa)
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa: East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: West Africa
Turkey
The United States
Western Europe
Yemen

Development: Discourses and Practices
Afghanistan
Arab States (excepting Sudan)
The Caucasus and Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Iran
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
Turkey

Development: Family
Overview
Arab States
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey

Development: Housing Policies and Projects
Arab States (excepting North Africa)
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey
Western Europe

Development: Non Governmental Organizations
Afghanistan
The Caucasus
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Iran
Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa: Non-Western NGO's
Sub-Saharan Africa: Western NGO's
Turkey

Development: Sustainable Development
Arab States
Afghanistan
The Caucasus
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey

Economics: Access to Credit Organizations
Afghanistan
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Iran
Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria
North Africa
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Turkey
Western Europe

Economics: Advertising and Marketing
Arab States (excluding North Africa)
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey

Economics: Agricultural Labor
Arab States (excepting Yemen and Egypt)
Egypt/the Nile
Iran
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus and Central Asia
Turkey, The Caucasus, Central Asia and Afghanistan
Yemen

Economics: Child Labor
Arab States
Central Asia
Europe
Iran and Afghanistan
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Economics: Commodification and Consumption
Afghanistan
Arab States
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Gulf
Iran
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey and the Caucasus
Western Europe

Economics: Cottage Industries
Arab States (excluding North Africa and Egypt)
Central Asia
Egypt
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey and the Caucasus

Economics: Crafts
Afghanistan
Arab States (excluding Gulf and North Africa)
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Gulf
Iran
North Africa
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey and ??

Economics: Foreign Aid
Arab States (excluding Egypt)
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan

Economics: Industrial Labor
Afghanistan
Central Arab States and the Gulf
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Iran
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Economics: Informal Sector
Afghanistan
Central Arab States
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Iran
North Africa
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Economics: Islamic Banks
Overview

Economics: Islamic Commodities
Overview

Economics: Labor and Health
Afghanistan
Arab States (excluding Gulf and North Africa)
Central Asia
Gulf
Iran
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States

Economics: Labor Profiles
Arab States
Central Asia
Indonesia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific (exclusive of Indonesia)
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States

Economics: Land Reform
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Iran and Afghanistan
Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Yemen

Economics: Markets and Trading
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: East Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Economics: Paid Domestic Labor
Central Arab States and Egypt
Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Eastern Europe
Gulf and Saudia Arabia
Iran and Afghanistan
Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria
North Africa
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Economics: Pastoral Economies
Arab States (excepting North Africa)
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa: East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: West Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Economics: Professional Occupations
Arab States
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States

Economics: Sex Workers
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Israel
Lebanon
Modern Iran
Pre-modern Iran (up to ca 1900)
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Economics: Small Businesses
Caribbean
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf, Yemen and Saudi Arabia
Iran and Afghanistan
Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria
North Africa
North America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa: East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: West Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Economics: Social and Welfare Policies
Arab States and Egypt
Central Asia
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States

Economics: Traditional Professions
Arab world
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Economics: Women's Banks
Overview

Economics: Women’s Work, Islamic Discourses
Overview

Economics: Global Markets
Arab States (excepting North Africa)
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Ottoman and Modern Turkey
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Economics: World Markets
Arab States (excluding Gulf and North Africa)
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Ottoman
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Education: Colonial
Arab States
Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Egypt
Indonesia
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Education: Missionary
Afghanistan
Arab States (excepting Sudan and North Africa)
Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Indonesia
Iran
North Africa
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus

Education: Early through Late Modern
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific (excepting Indonesia)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe
Yemen

Education: National Curricula
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Egypt
Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
Israel and Palestine
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey
Yemen

Education: Post-Secondary
Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf and Yemen
Iran and Afghanistan
Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Iraq
North Africa
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa: East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: South Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Education: Pre-Modern, Pre 19th Century
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Imperial Ottoman Institutes/policies
Morocco
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Education: Vocational
Afghanistan
Arab States (excepting North Africa)
Central Asia
Iran
North Africa
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Education: Women's Religious
Afghanistan
Arab States (excepting Gulf and North Africa)
Caribbean, Jamaica
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran
North Africa
North America (NB: but not African-Americans)
North America, African-American Muslims
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe
Yemen and the Gulf

Environment
Overview

Environment: Change and Natural Resources Extraction
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Egypt
Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
Iran
Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
North Africa
Palestine
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey

Environment: Environmental Organizations
Afghanistan
Arab States
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States

Environment: Water and Pollution
Arab States
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Information Technologies
Overview

Migration: Asylum
Overview

Migration: Diasporas in Muslim Societies
Central Asia
Circassians
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Environmental Displacement
Central Asia
Egypt
Iran and Afghanistan
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and northern UAE
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Forced Resettlement
Central Arab States and Gulf/Saudi Arabia
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt and the Sudan
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Ottoman and Modern Turkey
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Islamic Refugee Law
Overview

Migration: Labor and Remittances
Afghanistan
Arab States (except Gulf and North Africa)
Central Asia
Gulf
Iran
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Muslim Diasporas
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
North America
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia and East Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Migration: Policies and Laws
Afghanistan
Arab States (except Gulf, North Africa and Egypt)
Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States
Western Europe

Migration: Population Exchange
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Refugee Camps
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran and Afghanistan
Kurds
Northern and Western Europe
Palestine
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Refugee Education
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Iran
Kurds
North America
Northern and Western Europe
Palestine
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Refugee Regimes
Overview

Migration: Refugee Women's Narratives
Afghanistan
Arab States
Central Asia
Crotia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Iran and Afghanistan
Kurds
North America
Palestine
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Migration: Refugees and Health
Central Asia
Iran
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Internal Displacement
Afghanistan
All Arab states including Palestine, Lebanon, Gulf, Yemen (not including Egypt, Sudan, North Africa or the Kurds)
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt and the Sudan
Iran and Afghanistan
Kurds
North Africa (including Western Sahara)
Ottoman and Modern Turkey
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Southern Sudanese
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States

Migration: Regional
Arab States (except North Africa)
Argentina
Central Asia
Europe
Iran and Afghanistan
Latin America
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa: to South Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
United States
United States: Africans
United States: Arabs
United States: East European Muslims
United States: Iranians
United States: Non-Iranian Shi'ites
United States: South Asians
United States: Sub-Saharan Africans
West Europe: Arabs
West Indies

Migration: Repatriation
Balkans
Central Asia
Iran and Afghanistan
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

Migration: Safe Havens
Overview

Poverty
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Slavery
Central Asia
Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Americas
Turkey and the Caucasus

Slavery and Islam
Overview

Space: Architecture
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Palestine
Europe
Gulf
Iran
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey
Yemen

Space: Domestic
Central Arab States and Yemen
Central Asia
East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Europe
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey

Space: Female Space
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Yemen
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
North America
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe

Space: Hammam
Overview

Space: Harem
Overview

Space: Mosque
Overview
Central Asia
China
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Egypt, Jordan Lebanon, Palestine, Syria
Gulf
Iran and Afghanistan
North Africa
North America
Ottoman and Modern Turkey
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
The Caucasus
Turkey
Western Europe
Yemen

Tourism
Central Asia
Egypt
Iran and Afghanistan
Jordan, Palestine, Israel
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa: East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: West Africa
The Caucasus
Turkey

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