Global Middle East: Into the Twenty-First Century

The edited book, Global Middle East: Into the Twenty-First Century, by Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera, is out now with the University of California Press. I have a chapter that explores the positioning of Mohammed Salah and moral codes within Egypt, the Middle East, and the world. I’m honoured to be with such a great lineup of names.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex interactions with others. This volume highlights the global interconnectedness of the Middle East—both ‘global-in’ and ‘global-out’. It delves into the region’s scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges.

Written in short and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, the volume covers topics ranging from God to Rumi, food, film, fashion, and music, sports and science, to the flow of people, goods and ideas. It tackles social and political movements from human rights, Salafism and cosmopolitanism, to radicalism and revolutions. Students will glean new and innovative perspectives about the region using the insights of global studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

Global Middle East – Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera

PART TWO – NATIONS WITHOUT BORDERS

God – Ebrahim Moosa

Algebra, Alchemy, Astronomy – Robert Morrison

Rumi, the Bridge Builder – Fatemeh Keshavarz

On Nations without Borders – Hamid Dabashi

PART THREE: HOME AND THE WORLD

Reflections on Exile – Edward Said

Mo Salah, a Moral Somebody? – Amro Ali

Gamal Abdel Nasser – Khaled Fahmy

PART FOUR: FOOD, FILM, FASHION, MUSIC

Circuits of Food and Cuisine – Sami Zubaida

Pictures in Motion – Kamran Rastegar

Musical Journeys – Michael Frishkopf

The Kufiya – Ted Swedenburg

PART FIVE – GEOPOLITICS OF GOODS

Water of Vulnerability – Jeannie Sowers

Cycle of Oil and Arms – Timothy Mitchell

Cotton, Made in Egypt – Ahmad Shokr

Ports of the Persian Gulf – Laleh Khalili

PART SIX: HUMAN FLOWS

Touring Exotic Lands – Waleed Hazbun

Outsiders of the Oil States – Ahmed Kanna

The Levant in Latin America – John Tofik Karam

PART SEVEN: POLITICS AND MOVEMENTS

Global Tahrir – Asef Bayat

Islamizing Radicalism – Olivier Roy

Global Movement for Palestine – Ilana Feldman

Human Rights, Indigenous and Imperial – Lori Allen

Cosmopolitan Middle East? An Interview with Seyla Benhabib – Linda Herrera

Contributors

Index