Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both "global-in" and "global-out." It delves into the region's scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges. Written in short and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion, music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas. The text explores social and political movements from human rights, Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using the insights of global studies, students will glean new perspectives about the region.

List of Illustrations Preface Part One: Introduction 1 • Global Middle East Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera Part Two: Nations without Borders 2 • God Ebrahim Moosa 3 • Algebra, Alchemy, Astronomy Robert Morrison 4 • Rumi, the Bridge Builder Fatemeh Keshavarz 5 • On Nations without Borders Hamid Dabashi Part Three: Home and the World 6 • Reflections on Exile Edward Said 7 • Mo Salah, a Moral Somebody? Amro Ali 8 • Gamal Abdel Nasser Khaled Fahmy Part Four: Food, Film, Fashion, Music 9 • Circuits of Food and Cuisine Sami Zubaida 10 • Pictures in Motion Kamran Rastegar 11 • Musical Journeys Michael Frishkopf 12 • The Kufiya Ted Swedenburg Part Five: Geopolitics of Goods 13 • Water of Vulnerability Jeannie Sowers 14 • Cycle of Oil and Arms Timothy Mitchell 15 • Cotton, Made in Egypt Ahmad Shokr 16 • Ports of the Persian Gulf Laleh Khalili Part Six: Human Flows 17 • Touring Exotic Lands Waleed Hazbun 18 • Outsiders of the Oil States Ahmed Kanna 19 • The Levant in Latin America John Tofik Karam Part Seven: Politics and Movements 20 • Global Tahrir Asef Bayat 21 • Islamizing Radicalism Olivier Roy 22 • Global Movement for Palestine Ilana Feldman 23 • Human Rights, Indigenous and Imperial Lori Allen 24 • Cosmopolitan Middle East? An Interview with Seyla Benhabib Linda Herrera Contributors Index