Internet Accessible Resources
Domestic Violence Resources
Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls
Non Fatal Domestic Violence 2003-2012, The Department of Justice
“VOICES: Opening the Closed Door – Addressing Domestic Violence in Egypt [Video].” VOICES: Opening the Closed Door – Addressing Domestic Violence in Egypt [Video]. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 May 2015.
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Arab American Informational Resources
Arabesque Program Video “Behind Closed Doors”
Demographic: The Arab American Institute
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities
Domestic Violence Statistics: The American Bar Association
Academic Resources
Domestic Violence in the Arab American community
Abraham, Sameer Y. “Detroit’s Arab-American community: A survey of diversity and commonality.” Arabs in the new world: Studies on Arab-American communities (1983): 85-108.
Ammar, Nawal H., et al. “Battered immigrant women in the United States and protection orders: an exploratory research.” Criminal justice review (2012): 0734016812454660.
Ammar, Nawal, et al. “Experiences of Muslim and Non-Muslim Battered Immigrant Women With the Police in the United States A Closer Understanding of Commonalities and Differences.” Violence against women 19.12 (2013): 1449-1471.
Abu-Ras, Wahiba. “Cultural beliefs and service utilization by battered Arab immigrant women.” Violence against women 13.10 (2007): 1002-1028.
Abu-Ras, Wahiba, Ali Gheith, and Francine Cournos. “The Imam’s role in mental health promotion: A study at 22 mosques in New York City’s Muslim community.” Journal of Muslim Mental Health 3.2 (2008): 155-176.
Aswad, B. Families in cultural context: Strengths and challenges in diversity. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1997.
Barakat, Halim. The Arab world: Society, culture, and state. Univ of California Press, 1993.
Buda, Richard, and Sayed M. Elsayed-Elkhouly. “Cultural Differences between Arabs and Americans Individualism-Collectivism Revisited.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 29.3 (1998): 487-492.
Dobash, R. Emerson, and Russell P. Dobash. Women, violence and social change. Routledge, 2003.
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. “Attitudes of Arab women toward different patterns of coping with wife abuse.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 17.7 (2002): 721-745.
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. “Beliefs About Wife Beating Among Palestinian Women The Influence of Their Patriarchal Ideology.” Violence Against Women 4.5 (1998): 533-558.
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. “A patriarchal perspective of beliefs about wife beating among Palestinian men from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.” Journal of Family Issues 19.5 (1998): 595-621.
Halabu, HIlda M. Domestic Violence in the Arab American Community: Culturally Relevant Features and Intervention Considerations. N.p.: n.p., 2006. Print.
Haj‐Yahia, Muhammad M. “Wife Abuse and Battering in the Sociocultural Context of Arab Society*.” Family process 39.2 (2000): 237-255.
Hearn, Jeff. The violences of men: How men talk about and how agencies respond to men’s violence to women. Sage, 1998.
Jaghab, Kristie. Attitudes of Arab-American Women towards Domestic Violence. N.p.: n.p., 2005. Print.
Kasturirangan, Aarati, Sandhya Krishnan, and Stephanie Riger. “The impact of culture and minority status on women’s experience of domestic violence.” Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 5.4 (2004): 318-332.
Kulwicki, Anahid Dervartanian, and June Miller. “Domestic violence in the Arab American population: Transforming environmental conditions through community education.” Issues in mental health nursing 20.3 (1999): 199-215.
Kulwicki, Anahid, Barbara Aswad, Talita Carmona, and Suha Ballout. “Barriers in the Utilization of Domestic Violence Services Among Arab Immigrant Women: Perceptions of Professionals, Service Providers & Community Leaders.” Journal of Family Violence 25.8 (2010): 727-35. Web.
Kurz, Demie. “Separation, divorce, and woman abuse.” Violence Against Women 2.1 (1996): 63-81.
Nobles, Anna Y., and Daniel T. Sciarra. “Cultural determinants in the treatment of Arab Americans: a primer for mainstream therapists.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 70.2 (2000): 182.
Obeid, Nadine. “Beliefs About Wife Beating: An Exploratory Study With Lebanese Students.” Violence Against Women (2010): n. pag. Web.
Raj, Anita, and Jay Silverman. “Violence against immigrant women the roles of culture, context, and legal immigrant status on intimate partner violence.” Violence against women 8.3 (2002): 367-398.
Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera. “The politics of disclosing female sexual abuse: a case study of Palestinian society.” Child Abuse & Neglect 23.12 (1999): 1275-1293.
Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera. “Blocking her exclusion: A contextually sensitive model of intervention for handling female abuse.” Social Service Review 74.4 (2000): 620-634.
