Planning the Family in Egypt: New Bodies, New SelvesIn this ethnographic study, the author examines the policies and practices of family planning programs in Egypt to see how an elitist, Western informed state attempts to create obliging citizens. The state sees voluntary compliance with the law for the common good as the cornerstone of modernity. Family planning programs are a training ground for the construction of self disciplined individuals, and thus a rewarding area of study for the fate of