Editors’ Note

Editorial| August 01 2024 Editors' Note Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2024) 44 (2): 217. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-11241840 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures 44 (2): 217. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-11241840 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsComparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Search Advanced Search The essays in the "Structured Presents" section reflect on diverse ethnographic selves in the material and textual histories of Middle East. Mostafa Hussein examines the sites of erstwhile Jewish life (and death) in Cairo. The meaningful entanglement between Jewish heritage and the contemporary practices for a pluralistic Egypt rests in physical spaces as well as the discourses around the ideas of Jewishness and Zionism. Mehtap Ozdemir brings to light the tensions within late Ottoman theories of novel where contestations on realism and the role of literature became paramount. Zak Tobias examines the tech eco-system in Lebanon as a new space to rehabilitate Lebanese capitalism within ideas of "empowerment" of a youth market. Finally, Ali Kassem critically reflects on their own fieldwork in Lebanon and the (im)possibilities of producing decolonialized knowledge. The special section "Following Absence" explores the problem of theorizing absence in the Middle East and North Africa, which the... Issue Section: Editors' Note You do not currently have access to this content.