Joseph Alagha is Professor of Political Science, Sociology, and Intercultural Studies at Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon. He is the author of Hizbullah's Identity Construction (2011).

"Dr. Joseph Alagha’s Performance Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond is a pioneering project covering the artistic expression of contemporary Islamic movements as an advanced and modernist paradigm fusing performing arts with political mobilization to generate ‘resistance’ art as a complementary and broadening version of Islamism’s ‘resistance’ and jihad. This is a first and must-read study.”

• Introduction: Post-Islamism and Performance Activism Chapter 1: Jihad al-Tabyyin, Humor, and Performance Activism in Contemporary Muslim Societies Chapter 2: Sunni Discourses on Performance Activism: Jihad al-Lisan and Moderation (Wasatiyyah) Chapter 3: Shi‘i Discourses on Performance Activism: Jihad al-Tabyyin and Pious Entertainment in Hizbullah’s Islamic Cultural Sphere Chapter 4: Jihad al-Tabyyin vis-à-vis Music: Hizbullah’s and the Taliban’s Performance Activism Chapter 5: Jihad al-Tabyyin vis-à-vis Dance: Fadlallah’s and Al-Banna’s Performance Activism Conclusion Appendix: List of InterviewsGlossary Bibliography Index

Joseph Alagha is Professor of Political Science, Sociology, and Intercultural Studies at Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon. He is the author of Hizbullah's Identity Construction (2011).

"Dr. Joseph Alagha’s Performance Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond is a pioneering project covering the artistic expression of contemporary Islamic movements as an advanced and modernist paradigm fusing performing arts with political mobilization to generate ‘resistance’ art as a complementary and broadening version of Islamism’s ‘resistance’ and jihad. This is a first and must-read study.”

• Introduction: Post-Islamism and Performance Activism Chapter 1: Jihad al-Tabyyin, Humor, and Performance Activism in Contemporary Muslim Societies Chapter 2: Sunni Discourses on Performance Activism: Jihad al-Lisan and Moderation (Wasatiyyah) Chapter 3: Shi‘i Discourses on Performance Activism: Jihad al-Tabyyin and Pious Entertainment in Hizbullah’s Islamic Cultural Sphere Chapter 4: Jihad al-Tabyyin vis-à-vis Music: Hizbullah’s and the Taliban’s Performance Activism Chapter 5: Jihad al-Tabyyin vis-à-vis Dance: Fadlallah’s and Al-Banna’s Performance Activism Conclusion Appendix: List of InterviewsGlossary Bibliography Index

Joseph Alagha is Professor of Political Science, Sociology, and Intercultural Studies at Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon. He is the author of Hizbullah's Identity Construction (2011).

"Dr. Joseph Alagha’s Performance Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond is a pioneering project covering the artistic expression of contemporary Islamic movements as an advanced and modernist paradigm fusing performing arts with political mobilization to generate ‘resistance’ art as a complementary and broadening version of Islamism’s ‘resistance’ and jihad. This is a first and must-read study.”

• Introduction: Post-Islamism and Performance Activism Chapter 1: Jihad al-Tabyyin, Humor, and Performance Activism in Contemporary Muslim Societies Chapter 2: Sunni Discourses on Performance Activism: Jihad al-Lisan and Moderation (Wasatiyyah) Chapter 3: Shi‘i Discourses on Performance Activism: Jihad al-Tabyyin and Pious Entertainment in Hizbullah’s Islamic Cultural Sphere Chapter 4: Jihad al-Tabyyin vis-à-vis Music: Hizbullah’s and the Taliban’s Performance Activism Chapter 5: Jihad al-Tabyyin vis-à-vis Dance: Fadlallah’s and Al-Banna’s Performance Activism Conclusion Appendix: List of InterviewsGlossary Bibliography Index