Grunnbøker
- Eickelman, D. F. 2002. The Middle East and Central Asia (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Kapitlene 6, 7 og 8 finnes i kopisamling"MØNA2504 Kultur og samfunn i Midtøsten"
- Abu-Lughod, Lila. 1999. Veiled sentiments : honor and poetry in a Bedouin society. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. Hele boka. (255 s.) Kjøpes
- White. Jenny B. 2002. Islamist mobilization in Turkey: a study in vernacular politics. Seattle, Calif.: University of Washington Press. Hele boka (276 s.) Kjøpes
Islam og feminisme
- Mahmod, Saba. 2001. Feminist theory, embodiment, and the docile agent: Some reflections on the Egyptian Islamic revival. Finnes i Cultural Anthropology. Volume 16. Issue 2. May 2001, 202-236 (34 s.). http://www.jstor.org/stable/656537?seq=1
- Mir-Hosseini, Ziba (2006) Muslim Women’s Quest for Equality: Between Islamic Law andFeminism, i Critical Inquiry, vol. 32, No.4, pp. 629-645 (16 s.) http://www.centenary.edu/religion/dotto/rel280/feminism.pdf eller http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/508085
- Moghadam, Valentine (2002) Islamic Feminism and its Discontents: Toward a Resolution of the debate, i Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 27.no 4, pp 1135-1171 (34 s.) http://www.smi.uib.no/seminars/Pensum/Moghadam.%20Valentine.pdf eller http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/339639
- Joseph, Suad. 1996. Patriarchy and development in the Arab world. FInnes i Gender & Development, 4: 2. 14—19 (6 s.). http://www.jstor.org/openurl?volume=4&date=1996&spage=14&issn=13552074&issue=2
Ære og skam
- Ismail, Salwa (2009) Youth, gender, and the State in Cairo: Marginalized Masculinities and Contested Spaces, I Samir & Rosanna Saad Khalaf (red.) Arab society and Culture: An Essential Reader, Saqi, s. 159-166 (16s.) I kopisamling
- Wikan, Unni: Shame and Honour: A Contestable Pair. Finnes i Man, 19, 1984. Sidene 635-652. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2802330
- Faqir, Fadia. 2001. Intrafamily femicide in defence of honour: the case of Jordan. Finnes i Third World Quarterly 22 (1): 65-82 http://ipac.kacst.edu.sa/eDoc/2006/159591_1.pdf
- Peteet, Julie. Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian "Intifada": A Cultural Politics of Violence. Finnes i American Ethnologist, Vol. 21, No. 1. (Feb., 1994), pp. 31-49. http://www.jstor.org/stable/646520
- Zoeph, Katherine (2009) A Dishonorable Affair: Chastity and Honor Killing in Syria, i Samir & Rosanna Saad Khalaf (red.) Arab society and Culture: An Essential Reader, Saqi, s. 159-166 (7 s.) I kopisamling
Politisk kultur
- Farraj, A. 1977. The wastah among Jordanian villagers. Finnes i Patrons and Clients in Mediterranean Societies, (ed.: E. Gellner and J. Waterbury). London: Duckworth. 225-238 (13 s.). Kopisaml.
- A. Nizar Hamzeh, Clientelism, Lebanon: Roots and Trends. Finnes i Middle Eastern Studies 37, 2001, pp 167–178 (21 s.) http://www.jstor.org/stable/4284178
- Wedeen, Lisa. 1999. Acting "As If": Symbolic Politics and Social Control in Syria. Finnes i Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul., 1998), pp. 503-523 (21s.) Cambridge University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/179273
- Weir, Sheilagh. 2007. Enforcing the law. Kap. 1. Finnes i A Tribal Order. Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen. Austin: University of Texas Press. 167-189 (23 s.). I kopisaml.
- Bayat, Asef. 2002. Activism and Social Development in the Middle East. Finnes i International Journal of Middle East Studies. 34. (1):1-28 (28 s). http://www.jstor.org/stable/3880166
- Lang, Sharon. 2002. Sulha Peacemaking and the Politics of Persuasion. Finnes i Journal of Palestine Studies 31. (123): 52-66 (14 s.). http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/10.1525/jps.2002.31.3.52.pdf?acceptTC=true
- Tuastad, Dag. 1997. The Political Role of Football for Palestinians in Jordan. Finnes i Entering the Field. New Perspectives on World Football, (ed.: Gary Armstrong and Richard Giulianotti). Oxford: Berg Publishers. Side 105 - 122 (17 s.). I kopisamling.