Saadia Toor, The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan. London and New York: Pluto Press, 2011.
Jadaliyya: What made you write this book?
Saadia Toor: I felt compelled..
Saadia Toor is the author of State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan, and is Associate Professor of Sociology at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She has a long history of work within progressive political organisations and groups in Pakistan such as the Women`s Action Forum and the Mazdoor Kissan Party. Among her other publications are articles in Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Cultural Dynamics, and Child Labor World Atlas: A Reference Encyclopedia, among other venues. Her scholarship revolves around issues of culture, nationalism, gender/sexuality, state formation, and international political economy.