Preface; 1. Introduction: Beyond Women, Islam and the State: Situating the Politics of Gender in a New Century, Deniz Kandiyoti, Nadje Al-Ali and Kathryn Spellman Poots; 2. Protest, Resistance and Shifting Gender Orders in Egypt: Crossing Red Lines? Heba El Kholy and Nadia Taher; 3. Manufacturing Consent in Iran: From Moral Subjects to (Un)Healthy Citizens, Nazanin Shahrokni; 4. Saudi Women: Between Family, Religion and State, Madawi Al-Rasheed; 5. Against all Odds: The Resilience and Fragility of Women’s Gender Activism in Turkey, Deniz Kandiyoti; 6. Discrete Moves and Parallel Tracks: Gender Politics in post-2001 Afghanistan, Torunn Wimpelmann; 7. Palestine: Gender in an Imagined Fragmented Sovereignty, Islah Jad; 8. Iraq: Gendering Violence, Sectarianisms and Authoritarianism, Nadje Al-Ali; 9. Defiance not Subservience: New Directions in the Pakistani Women’s Movement, Afiya Shehrbano Zia; 10. Muslim Diasporas in Transition: Islam, Gender and New Regimes of Governance, Kathryn Spellman Poots; Epilogue: Locating Gender in Contentious Politics, Deniz Kandiyoti; Bibliography; Index.