I finished this book just as the current phase of Israeli genocide against Palestinians began, and I’d like to direct readers to the final question of this NEWTON, which addresses why any of this still matters.
Lara Deeb
Lara Deeb is Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Chair and Professor of Anthropology and MENA Studies at Scripps College. In addition to numerous articles and chapters, Deeb is the author of An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi‘i Lebanon (Princeton University Press, 2006), co-author of Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi’ite South Beirut (Princeton University Press, 2013), co-author of Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East (Stanford University Press, 2015), co-editor of the volume Practicing Sectarianism Archival and Ethnographic Interventions on Lebanon (Stanford University Press, 2023), and most recently, author of Love Across Difference: Mixed Marriage in Lebanon (Stanford University Press, 2024).
