| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-12页 |
| ·Arabs' encounter with China: in the history | 第9-10页 |
| ·Arabs' encounter with China: in the present | 第10-11页 |
| ·The context of Shanghai for Arab Muslims | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-37页 |
| ·Key Terms | 第15-24页 |
| ·Arabs in the current study | 第15-17页 |
| ·The basic beliefs and practices of Muslims | 第17-22页 |
| ·Culture shock | 第22-23页 |
| ·Acculturation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Theories of cross-cultural adaptation | 第24-35页 |
| ·The U-curve Pattern | 第24-27页 |
| ·Kim's Stress-adaptation-growth dynamic | 第27-28页 |
| ·Berry's Acculturation strategy | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Relative Acculturation Extended Model | 第30-35页 |
| ·Empirical Research on foreign Muslims in mainland China | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Three Methodologies | 第37-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第37-38页 |
| ·The rationale for qualitative study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Face-to-face interviews | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第42-62页 |
| ·Socio-cultural problems encountered by Egyptian engineers | 第42-47页 |
| ·Language barrier | 第42-43页 |
| ·Halal food problem | 第43-44页 |
| ·Religious prayers in the mosque | 第44-45页 |
| ·Homesickness | 第45-47页 |
| ·Void of Spirituality | 第47页 |
| ·Egyptian engineers' impression of Chinese people | 第47-53页 |
| ·Lack of humanity in public space | 第47-48页 |
| ·You Chinese are so free | 第48-49页 |
| ·Money is God | 第49页 |
| ·It's really hard to know Chinese | 第49-50页 |
| ·Why don't they wear clothes, why? | 第50-52页 |
| ·This is not Egypt (We can drink) | 第52-53页 |
| ·The cross-cultural adaptation of other Arabs | 第53-57页 |
| ·Changes in consumption of food and attitude towards drinking | 第54-57页 |
| ·Development of a pluralistic view of religion | 第57页 |
| ·Analysis | 第57-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第62-65页 |
| ·Findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-70页 |
