About the Author

Joseph Massad is professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He has written many books, including Desiring Arabs, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews

"This powerfully-often passionately-written text will be read with interest by Middle East specialists, 'post-colonialist' scholars, and anyone trying to understand contemporary events in the so-called Islamic world." (Talal Asad, Graduate Center, City University of New York)"