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NOTES
IThis is not to say that migration has been neglected
Eastern
in
anthropological
the Middle
literature. In fact, as the
anthropological
reviewers of the
literature
recent
on migration have noted, "Migration
sense is
theory
as old as
in
tribal
a
mythology" (Adams et al.
Middle
1978:483).
East,
But
anthropological
for the
studies of. migration
historical.
have
in
been
a 1978
primarily
review of the anthropological literature
(ibid.),
on
and
migration
under the heading "A World Tour of Migration
authors
Theories,"
identify
the
various studies related to
history
the prehistory
of Egypt and
and
the
ancient
Near East, but no studies of recent international
migration are cited.
2 Bahiya is the pseudonym I have chosen for a village
Delta,
located
approximately
in the Nile
30 km North of Tanta and nearly
industrial
30 km West
center
of the
of MiHala. Bahiya, with a population
under
of about
the
8,000
administrative
is
jurisdiction of markaz
center
Qutur,
for
famous
the
as
cultivation
a major
and partial processing
primary
of
focus
aromatic
of
plants.
my research
The
during 1980 was the impact
transformation
of agrarian
(related to jasmine production and
male-female
export) on
power
health
relations.
and
Male migration to the PPC
presented
of the Arab
itself
world
as an important feature of rural transformation.
acknowledge
I wish
the
to
financial support for this research from the NEH and ARCE.
3 0n its part, the Egyptian government advocates
is beneficial.
the belief
This
that
advocacy
migration
extends to public education.
school
A
reader
public
introduces
primary
Egyptian children to
process.
migration
Under
as
the
a
title
natural
"Migration of Birds," school children
that "as
are
humans
informed
migrate, so do birds" (Gaballah 1983:12).
4 A study of fifty cases of migrants by Dr. Abdel Basit
revealed
Abdel
that
Mucti
all persons in his entire sample
through
transferred
black market
funds
transactions
to Egypt
except in cases of payment for cars
real
and
estate (Gaballah 1983:14).
5Questions related to the continued availability
present levels
of
bear
child
on
labour
the issue
at its
of spousal separation and
levels
its effects
of fertility.
on
The effects of male migration on fertility levels in
Egypt remain to be seen (cf. Myntti 1978).
6 The use of more women in the formal sector has been constrained
excess availability
by the
of both male and female
have
university
generally
graduates.
been replaced
Migrants
with others from the available
irrespective
workforce,
of sex (Hatem 1983:13).
7 cUzr is a local variant of spirit possession which my earl 4 r
inv-estigations in the study areas had
relative powerlessness (Morsy 1978).
identified
as
a significant index of