Zenana: Everyday Peace in a Karachi Apartment Building

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments In the writing and researching of this book, I was aided by the generous support of many people to whom I wish to acknowledge my debt— intellectual, emotional, and material. I am grateful to Arjun Appadurai and Leora Auslander, who provided guidance and direction from the earliest stages of the project to its completion . For their careful readings and warm friendship, I wish to thank Kimberly Mills, Krisztina Fehervary, and Elise LaRose. For their thoughtful criticism and advice, I am grateful to Barbara Yngvesson and Mary Hancock. Many thanks to John Kelly, Kamran Ali, Sylvia Vatuk, and Rebecca Tolen for their comments and suggestions. I am especially grateful to Sheheryar Hasnain for providing all the photographs for the book. My fieldwork was made possible by a generous Fulbright IIE fellowship . During the write-up period, I was supported by a generous grant from the Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. To my friends and colleagues in Chicago, especially Jim Hannan, Deborah Cromley, Manan and Kitty Ahmed, Ed Yazijian, Lisa Knight, Caitrin Lynch, and Matthew Hull, I am grateful for the conversation and companionship. To my husband, Sheheryar, and sons, Faizan and Rameez , and to our families in New England and Karachi, I offer a world of thanks. Finally, for their goodwill and candor, I thank my neighbors, informants , and friends in Karachi, whose willingness to welcome me into their lives was a kindness beyond measure. I hope this project honors them, although they remain anonymous. ...