Remaking the Modern

  [Dedication]
  Contents
  Figures
  Acknowledgments
 expand sectionINTRODUCTION

 expand section1. Relocation and the Creation  of a Global City
 collapse section2. Relocation and the Daily Use  of “Modern” Spaces
 El-Masaakin: A Dream and a Reality
 Negotiating Modern Space and Daily Life in el-Masaakin
 Struggles over the Modern
 expand sectionThe Housing Unit in Daily Life
 The Daily Use of “Modern” Space
 But What Shall I Do with My Chickens?
 Dreams and Realities
 expand section3. Old Places, New Identities
 expand section4. Gender and the Struggle  over Public Spaces
 expand section5. Religion in a Global Era
 expand section6. Roads to Prosperity

 expand sectionCONCLUSION
 expand sectionNotes
 expand sectionBibliography
  Index

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