8.  Dwairy, M. Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Arab Palestinian Case. 1998: 225 pp.

This book focuses on Arabs, but it also deals with cross-cultural psychology and psychotherapy. It also sheds light on the cultural and human aspects of Arabs in general, and of Palestinian Arabs in particular, and in connection with that, will help in better understanding readers of mental health issues and limitations of Western psychology and psychotherapy in understanding and treating Arab clients’ behavior. The book is divided into ten chapters: chapter one introduces Palestinian Arabs in relation to Arab and Islamic history; chapter two discusses Arab cultural features, chapter three presents empirical studies concerning socialization in Arabic families and schools, chapter four describes the characteristics of the Arab personality, chapter five presents epidemiological psychiatric studies in the Arab world, chapter six presents the traditional Arab theory of psychopathology, chapters seven and eight focus on psychotherapy, chapter nine recommends biopsychosocial approach, and chapter ten presents six Arab cases that exemplify the presence of culture in psychotherapy.