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Marital Therapy for Arab Muslim Palestinian Couples in the Context of Reacculturation

Alean Al-Krenawi

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

John R. Graham

University of Calgary

Two case studies of Arab Muslim Palestinian couples who had lived in North America and returned home to the West Bank, Palestine, are presented. The first case study shows the tension of returning home and having North American values conflict with traditional Arab Muslim world values. The second case sheds insight into the strain of a family returning home and experiencing the conflict with traditional values. The cases show how patriarchy is malleable over time and place. They likewise highlight the importance of gender, patriarchy, family, extended family, and community influences on couples’ experiences of acculturation and reacculturation: a process of double transition, where conflict, confusion, disharmony, and disintegration may arise at two stages, and where a cumulative impact from acculturation to reacculturation may occur. The conclusion highlights how clinical intervention needs to be culturally responsive and acutely sensitive toward the rights of women.

Key Words: Arab Muslim • Palestine • acculturation/reacculturation • marriage • marital therapy • family • clinical intervention • gender • culture

The Family Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, 300-310 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480704273640
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