Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Institute for Research and Development - Kurdistan, Erbil, IraqMadawi Al-Rasheed, London School of Economics, UKAbdelkader Aoudjit, Northern Virginia Community College, USATorkel Brekke, University of Oslo, NorwayZaur Gasimov, Orient Institute Istanbul (DGIA/Max Weber Foundation), TurkeySøren Hebbelstrup, Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen, DenmarkGregory Jusdanis, Department of Classics, Ohio State University, USAFlorian Kohstall, Freie Universität Berlin at the German Science Center in Cairo, EgyptDaniella Kuzmanovic, Institute for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkElisabeth Özdalga, Bilkent University, Ankara, TurkeyTetz Rooke, University of Gothenburg in SwedenAzade Seyhan, Bryn Mawr College, USAClaus Valling Pedersen, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkSami Zubaida, University of London, UK

• AcknowledgementsOn the ContributorsNovel and Nation in the Muslim World: An Introduction; Elisabeth Özdalga1. The End of Literary Narratives?; Gregory JusdanisPART I2. Writing the Future in Early Turkish Republican Literature; Azade Seyhan3. Becoming Azerbaijani Through Language: On the Impact of C?lil M?mm?dquluzad?'s Anam?n Kitab?; Zaur Gasimov4. The Kurdish Novel and National Identity-Formation Across Borders; Hashem AhmadzadehPART II5. Nedjma: Kateb Yacine's Deconstruction of Algeria's Colonial Historiography; Abdelkader Aoudjit 6. For Bread Alone: How Moroccan Literature Let the Subalterns Speak; Florian Kohstall7. Mahattat: 'Stations' on the Road to the Libyan Nation; Teetz RookePART III8. Deconstructing Nation and Religion: Young Saudi Women Novelists; Madawi al-Rasheed9. Wajdi al-Ahdal and the Broken Yemeni Nation; Sören Hebbelstrup 10. Popular Religion and the Entry into Political Modernity as Seen in The Last of the Angels; Sami ZubaidaPART IV11. Utopia and Dystopia in Early-Modern Persian Literature: Representations of the Advent of Modernity to Iran; Claus Valling Pedersen12. Indian Shi?a Muslims and the Idea of Home in Rahi Masoom Reza's Work; Torkel BrekkeAfterword: Nations and Fictions; Daniella KuzmanovicIndex