In North Africa, a person's network consists of a web of social ties with kin, neighbors, friends, and (less commonly for women) co-workers maintained primarily through face to face interactions. Due to Arab-Islamic cultural norms segregating the sexes, men generally socialize with male network members in non-domestic spaces: in cafes, playing board games on street corners, at work, or at public celebrations such as weddings and circumcisions. Likewise, women typically interact with network memb…