Narratives of Middle Eastern Childhood, a collection of thirty personal "growing up" memories by men and women from fourteen countries (University of Texas Press, forthcoming 2002)
In Search of Islamic Feminism (Anchor/Doubleday, 1998, 1999, 2001)
The Arab World: Forty Years of Change, with Robert A. Fernea (Anchor/Doubleday, 1997)
Children of the Muslim Middle East, an edited collection (University of Texas Press, 1995)
The Struggle for Peace: Israelis and Palestinians, co-editor with Mary Evelyn Hocking (University of Texas Press, 1992)