Geneive Abdo

Geneive Abdo is a fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Her current research focuses on the shifting political and religious alliances within Shiite communities in the Middle East, which is also the subject of her forthcoming book.

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April 17. 2023

The Muezzin and the Meowzin

As the proud owner of a 12-year-old white Havanese, Malik, I have experienced these conflicting views about dogs in the Middle East. I wondered, as the author of several books on contemporary Islam, what these views say about the religion today and Islam as a lived tradition.

Geneive Abdo