Salwa IsmailSalwa Ismail is Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her research focuses on everyday forms of government, urban governance and the politics of space. She is the uthor of both Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism (2003) and Political Life in Cairo's New Quarters: Encountering the Everyday State (2006). Read More Read Less