Firdous Azim is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Department of English and Humanities at BRAC University in Bangladesh. She is a member of Naripokkho, a woman’s activist organization based in Bangladesh. She is a member of the editorial collective of IACS. Her research interests and writings include post-colonial and feminist literary analysis and issues pertaining to feminist activism. She is the author of The Colonial Rise of the Novel (1993).

• 1. Introduction: Islam, culture and women Firdous Azim 2. Islamist women of Hamas: between feminism and nationalism Islah Jad 3. Just between us: identity and representation among Muslim women Amina Jamal 4. ‘Bahar Nikalna’: Muslim women negotiate post-conflict life Diia Rajan, Deepa Dhanraj and K. Lalita 5. Piety, music and gender transformation: reconfiguring women as culture bearing markers of modernity and nationalism in Bangladesh Samia Huq 6. The visibility of a pious public Rianne Subijanto 7. Women, Islam and nation in Bengal Firdous Azim 8. Popular expressions and matters of faith Safia Azim

Firdous Azim is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Department of English and Humanities at BRAC University in Bangladesh. She is a member of Naripokkho, a woman’s activist organization based in Bangladesh. She is a member of the editorial collective of IACS. Her research interests and writings include post-colonial and feminist literary analysis and issues pertaining to feminist activism. She is the author of The Colonial Rise of the Novel (1993).

• 1. Introduction: Islam, culture and women Firdous Azim 2. Islamist women of Hamas: between feminism and nationalism Islah Jad 3. Just between us: identity and representation among Muslim women Amina Jamal 4. ‘Bahar Nikalna’: Muslim women negotiate post-conflict life Diia Rajan, Deepa Dhanraj and K. Lalita 5. Piety, music and gender transformation: reconfiguring women as culture bearing markers of modernity and nationalism in Bangladesh Samia Huq 6. The visibility of a pious public Rianne Subijanto 7. Women, Islam and nation in Bengal Firdous Azim 8. Popular expressions and matters of faith Safia Azim

Firdous Azim is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Department of English and Humanities at BRAC University in Bangladesh. She is a member of Naripokkho, a woman’s activist organization based in Bangladesh. She is a member of the editorial collective of IACS. Her research interests and writings include post-colonial and feminist literary analysis and issues pertaining to feminist activism. She is the author of The Colonial Rise of the Novel (1993).

• 1. Introduction: Islam, culture and women Firdous Azim 2. Islamist women of Hamas: between feminism and nationalism Islah Jad 3. Just between us: identity and representation among Muslim women Amina Jamal 4. ‘Bahar Nikalna’: Muslim women negotiate post-conflict life Diia Rajan, Deepa Dhanraj and K. Lalita 5. Piety, music and gender transformation: reconfiguring women as culture bearing markers of modernity and nationalism in Bangladesh Samia Huq 6. The visibility of a pious public Rianne Subijanto 7. Women, Islam and nation in Bengal Firdous Azim 8. Popular expressions and matters of faith Safia Azim