The Ahfad Journal: Women and Change
Vol. 20, No. 1 (June, 2003)

Author	Article Title	Page
Ahmed M.A/Magied	Editor’s Note	1
Ahmed M.A/Magied	The Impact of Socio-Economic Status on the Practice, Perception and Attitudes of Secondary School Girls towards Female Genital Mutilation	4
Huda Ahmed Ridda Farid	Effects of Various Treatments on Banana Rippening	12
Edith Grotberg	Promoting Resilience in Displaced Persons	27
Sondra Hale	Feminist Education in the Global South: A Visit to Sudan	38

This issue also contains abstracts of seven papers prepared by Ahfad students:

Ekhlas Mohamed A. Aziz, Islam El Sir Hassan & Nafisa Magzoub El Amin (2002). Environmental and Industrial Threats to Gum Arabic Production. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Rural Extension Education and Development.
Tamadur Hassan Hamad & Dalal Mohamed Ali (2002). The role of Traditional Ways in Tribal Conflict Resolution in Southern Dafur. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Rural Extension Education and Development.
Haggar Omer El Faroug Behari (2002). Manufacture of Sudanese White Cheese from Skim Milk and Low Salt Content. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Health Sciences.
Tayseer Mohamed Sharief El Tayeb (2003). The Environmental and Economic Successful Attainment in Using Natural Gar instead of Wood in Burning Bricks. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Rural Extension Education and Development
Batool Abdalah Salma, Hiba Ahmed ElAmin & Hiyam AbdelGader AbuGiba (2003). The Environmental and Economic Effects of Settlement in Slums in Sudan. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Management Studies.
Lubna AbdelGani Babiker (2003). Traditional and Norms of Marriage and Divorce of ElNuer Tribe and the Effect of War upon it. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Psychology and Pre-School Education
Nuha Abdel Aziz Ahmed Ali (2003). Sudanese children consideration of peace. B.Sc. dissertation. School of Psychology and Pre-School Education