Lila Abu-Lughod

Lila Abu-Lughod is a Palestinian-American professor of Anthropology and Women's and Gender Studies at Columbia University in New York City. She is the daughter of prominent academics Janet and Ibrahim Abu-Lughod.

Abu-Lughod earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1984. She is known for her research on Bedouin from the Awlad 'Ali tribe in Egypt. Previously, Abu-Lughod taught at Williams College, Princeton University and New York University.

She was named a 2007 Carnegie Scholar to research the topic: "Do Muslim Women Have Rights? The Ethics and Politics of Muslim Women's Rights in an International Field."

Publications

• Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory with Ahmad H. Sa'di, (Columbia University Press 2007) ISBN 978-0231135788
• Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media (Amsterdam University Press 2007) ISBN 978-9053568248
• Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt (University of Chicago Press 2004) ISBN 978-0226001975
• Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain (Editor) (University of California Press 2002) ISBN 978-0520232310
• Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (University of California Press 2000) ISBN 978-0520224735
• Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East (Editor) (Princeton University Press 1998) ISBN 978-0691057927
• Writing Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories (University of California Press 1993) ISBN 978-0520083042

References

• Profile of Lila Abu-Lughod at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
• Columbia University Department of Anthropology Faculty