Shahnaz Rouse teaches Sociology at Sarah Lawrence College, New York. She is the author of various articles on women, religion, nationalism and the State which have been published in South Asia, the Middle East, and the US. Her work has been translated into Bangla, French and Arabic. She is co-author with Cynthia Nelson, of Situating Globalization: Views from Egypt and is a member of the editorial committee of MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project).