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
