Description: (Anthropologist)
Lila Abu-Lughod is a respected anthropologist specializing in ethnographic research in the Arab world. She is the Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York City. With seven books to her name, she has explored topics including sentiment, poetry, nationalism, media, gender politics, and the politics of memory. Abu-Lughod's contributions have had a lasting impact on the fields of anthropology and Middle Eastern studies.