Introduction / Soraya Altorki & Camillia Fawzi El-Solh -- Feminism, familism, self, and politics : research as a mughtaribi / Suad Joseph -- At home in the field / Soraya Altorki -- Fieldwork in my Egyptian homeland : toward the demise of anthropology's distinctive-other hegemonic tradition / Soheir Morsy -- Gender, class, and origin : aspects of role during fieldwork in Arab society / Camillia Fawzi El-Solh -- Studying your own : the complexities of a shared culture / Seteney Shami -- Fieldwork of a dutiful daughter / Lila Abu-Lughod