Lara Deeb

Lara Deeb is Professor of Anthropology and MENA Studies at Scripps College. She has published four books, including An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi‘i Lebanon (2006), Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi’ite South Beirut (co-authored with Mona Harb, 2013), and Love Across Difference: Mixed Marriage in Lebanon (2025).