Articles by Deniz Kandiyoti

Monday 2nd November

Gender in Afghanistan: pragmatic activism

War and mismanagement have produced a breakdown of trust, decency and reciprocity in Afghan society. Gender activism needs to be understood in that context, and not be tempted by crude cultural determinism.
Wednesday 13th May

Andijan: prelude to a massacre

The post-Soviet collapse underlay the tragedy in eastern Uzbekistan on 13 May 2005 (archive
Tuesday 15th October

Where is Islam going?: responses to Werner Schiffauer

Werner Schiffauer’s intimate study of the politics of a Turkish Islamic community in Germany was part of the Europe and Islam series of talks. At London’s Goethe Institute in July, Werner Schiffauer and Deniz Kandiyoti discussed with the audience the prospects for ‘reformation’ in Islam, the relation between citizenship and diaspora politics in Germany and Britain, and the consequences for democracy of educational and generational change in Muslim communities.
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