Ancient Jewish education -- Early Christian education -- Islamic education -- Two approaches to modernizing religious and military educational systems: Turkey and Iran (1883-1960) -- Egyptian women's voices -- Educating warriors of Islam: Iran 1960-present -- No child left behind: religious, public and private education in Syria -- Lebanon: democracy based in religion / by Mona Nabhani, Rima Bahous, and Judith Cochran -- Jordan: the democratic monarchy -- Education in Israel 1948 to present -- Palestinian education throughout the Middle East -- Democracy as developed in the Middle East