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Saba Mahmood

1961 - 2018

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Saba Mahmood (1961–2018) was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, she was also affiliated with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Institute for South Asia Studies, and the Program in Critical Theory. Her scholarly work straddled debates in anthropology and political theory, with a focus on Muslim majority societies of West Asia (including the Middle East) and South Asia. Mahmood made major theoretical contributions to rethinking the relationship between ethics and politics, religion and secularism, freedom and submission, and reason and embodiment. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Saba Mahmood is the 93rd most popular anthropologist, the 185th most popular biography from Pakistan and the most popular Pakistani Anthropologist.

Saba Mahmood was an American anthropologist known for her work on secularism, feminism, and the politics of religion, particularly in the context of Muslim societies. She is most famous for her book "Politics of Piety," which explores the practices and beliefs of women involved in Islamic revival movements.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Saba Mahmood ranks 93 out of 93. Before her are Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Napoleon Chagnon, Eugenie Scott, W. H. R. Rivers, Chris Stringer, and John Tooby. After her are Alice Roberts, and Pascal Boyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Saba Mahmood ranks 1,005. Before her are Kip Winger, and Reggie White. After her are Salil Shetty, William Ragsdale, Tom Emmer, Sampat Pal Devi, Boris Koretsky, Tamilisai Soundararajan, Martha Hackett, Will Self, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Blair Horn. Among people deceased in 2018, Saba Mahmood ranks 626. Before her are Jlloyd Samuel, Meena Alexander, Rita Bhaduri, Oleg Pavlov, Goran Bunjevčević, and Juan Carlos García. After her are Craig Mack, Yumiko Shige, Kateryna Handziuk, Kalpana Lajmi, Nicholas Bett, and Daniela Samulski.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Saba Mahmood ranks 185 out of 217. Before her are Younis Khan (1975), Chris Anderson (1957), Asim Munir (null), Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), Govind Nihalani (1940), and Ajmal Kasab (1987). After her are Sadiq Sanjrani (1970), Usman Khawaja (1986), Jahangir Khan (1963), Tabassum Adnan (null), Wasim Akram (1966), and Shahid Afridi (1980).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Pakistan

Among anthropologists born in Pakistan, Saba Mahmood ranks 1. 

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