Deniz Kandiyoti is a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is editor of 'Gendering the Middle East' (I.B.Tauris). Ayse Saktanber is a professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and is the author of Living Islam

November 2004 Asian Affairs Magazine: It is a tonic to read a book like this one, an enthralling an often entertaining read, bursting with ideas and vivid empirical observations

Deniz Kandiyoti is a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is editor of 'Gendering the Middle East' (I.B.Tauris). Ayse Saktanber is a professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and is the author of Living Islam

November 2004 Asian Affairs Magazine: It is a tonic to read a book like this one, an enthralling an often entertaining read, bursting with ideas and vivid empirical observations

Deniz Kandiyoti is a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is editor of 'Gendering the Middle East' (I.B.Tauris). Ayse Saktanber is a professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and is the author of Living Islam

November 2004 Asian Affairs Magazine: It is a tonic to read a book like this one, an enthralling an often entertaining read, bursting with ideas and vivid empirical observations