Producing the Public in Arab Societies: Participation Working Group

Sherene Seikaly: A Protest of the Poor: On the Political Meaning of the People

Sherene Seikaly is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Middle East Studies Center at the American University in Cairo. She is the co-editor of the Arab Studies Journal, and co-founder and editor of Jadaliyya e-zine. She holds a doctorate in history and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies from New York University. Situated at the intersections of studies on consumption, political economy, and colonialism, Seikaly's forthcoming manuscript, Bare Needs: Palestinian Capitalists and British Colonial Rule explores how Palestinian capitalists and British colonial officials used economy to shape notions and experiences of territory, nationalism, the home, and the body.