Arab Masculinities provides a groundbreaking analysis of Arab men's lives in the precarious aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings. It challenges received wisdoms and entrenched stereotypes about Arab men, offering new understandings of rujula, or masculinity, across the Middle East and North Africa.

Introduction: Middle East Anthropology and the Gender Divide: Reconceiving Arab Masculinity in Precarious Times, by Marcia C. Inhorn and Konstantina IsidorosPart I. Masculinity and Precarity: Class Conflict and Economic Indignity1. Egyptian Middle-Class Masculinity and its Working-Class Others, by Bård Helge Kårtveit2. Al-Ustura ("The Legend"): Folk Hero or Thug? Class and Contested Masculinity in Egypt, by Jamie Furniss3. Al-Hogra-A State of Injustice: Portraits of Moroccan Men in Search of Dignity and Piety in the Informal Economy, by Hsain IlahianePart II. Masculinity and Displacement: Moving, Settling, and Questions of Belonging4. Repeating Manhood: Migration and the Unmaking of Men in Morocco, by Alice Elliot5. "I Am a Good Man-I'm a Gardener!": Arab Migrant Fathers' Reactions to Mistrusted Masculinity in Denmark, by Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen6. Doing Gender in Shatila Refugee Camp: Palestinian Lads, Their Pigeons, and an Ethnographer, by Gustavo Barbosa7. Welcoming Ban Ki-Moon: From Warrior-Nomads to Sahrawi Refugee-Statesmen in North Africa, by Konstantina IsidorosPart III. Masculinity and Familial Futures: Sex, Marriage, and Fatherhood under Threat8. Desiring the Nation: Masculinity, Marriage, and Futurity in Lebanon, by Sabiha Allouche9. Masculinity under Siege: The Use of Narcotic Pain Relievers to Restore Virility in Egypt, by L. L. Wynn10. Palestinian Sperm-Smuggling: Fatherhood, Political Struggle, and Israeli Prisons, by Laura FerreroIndex