Richard Gauvain is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at the American University in Dubai.

"What Gauvain provides is an engaging and intimate description of Cairene Salafi lives and their attendance to ritual purity, and it is a very welcome contribution to an area overcrowded by one-dimensional studies of Salafi jihad. It will appeal to a wide and diverse readership of students and experts. It is not overly technical and could be used for teaching senior undergraduates or graduate students."David H. Warren University of Manchester, UKIslam and Christian–Muslim Relations

• PART I: Salafism and Purity Introduction: Salafism and Purity: Natural Bedfellows 1. Purity and the Search for Meaning 2. En Route to Purity: Charting Egypt’s Salafi Map PART II: Ritual Purity in Cairene Salafi Settings 3. Pure Bodies, Purer Hearts 4. Surface Dirt 5. The Purest Pearls PART III: Salafism after the Uprisings 6. End of the Liminal Era?: Coalitions, Copts and Costa Salafis 7. Conclusion

Richard Gauvain is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at the American University in Dubai.

"What Gauvain provides is an engaging and intimate description of Cairene Salafi lives and their attendance to ritual purity, and it is a very welcome contribution to an area overcrowded by one-dimensional studies of Salafi jihad. It will appeal to a wide and diverse readership of students and experts. It is not overly technical and could be used for teaching senior undergraduates or graduate students."David H. Warren University of Manchester, UKIslam and Christian–Muslim Relations

• PART I: Salafism and Purity Introduction: Salafism and Purity: Natural Bedfellows 1. Purity and the Search for Meaning 2. En Route to Purity: Charting Egypt’s Salafi Map PART II: Ritual Purity in Cairene Salafi Settings 3. Pure Bodies, Purer Hearts 4. Surface Dirt 5. The Purest Pearls PART III: Salafism after the Uprisings 6. End of the Liminal Era?: Coalitions, Copts and Costa Salafis 7. Conclusion

Richard Gauvain is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at the American University in Dubai.

"What Gauvain provides is an engaging and intimate description of Cairene Salafi lives and their attendance to ritual purity, and it is a very welcome contribution to an area overcrowded by one-dimensional studies of Salafi jihad. It will appeal to a wide and diverse readership of students and experts. It is not overly technical and could be used for teaching senior undergraduates or graduate students."David H. Warren University of Manchester, UKIslam and Christian–Muslim Relations

• PART I: Salafism and Purity Introduction: Salafism and Purity: Natural Bedfellows 1. Purity and the Search for Meaning 2. En Route to Purity: Charting Egypt’s Salafi Map PART II: Ritual Purity in Cairene Salafi Settings 3. Pure Bodies, Purer Hearts 4. Surface Dirt 5. The Purest Pearls PART III: Salafism after the Uprisings 6. End of the Liminal Era?: Coalitions, Copts and Costa Salafis 7. Conclusion