1. A Felt Need Approach*
Solving basic human problems
Solving urgent social and communal problems
Reconciling modern thought with religion
Community
Honor
Hospitality
An all encompassing religion
Protection from the evil eye and spirits, etc.
Freedom from guilt
Surrendering to God's will
Thankfulness
Spiritual vitality
Overcoming the fear of death
Needs particular to women
*adapted from Tim Matheny, Reaching the Arabs: A Felt Need Approach, 1981