Lila Abu-Lughod

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Lila Abu-Lughod
Born	1952
Nationality	Palestinian American
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Scholar
Known for	Anthropology, Women's and Gender Studies
Parent(s)	Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (father) Janet L. Abu-Lughod (mother)
Academic background
Alma mater	Carleton College (BA, 1974) Harvard University (PhD, 1984)
Academic work
Institutions	Williams College Princeton University New York University Columbia University
Website	http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/fac-bios/abu-lughod/faculty.html

Lila Abu-Lughod (Arabic: ليلى أبو لغد) (born 1952) is a Palestinian-American anthropologist. She is the Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York City. She specializes in ethnographic research in the Arab world, and her seven books cover topics including sentiment and poetry, nationalism and media, gender politics and the politics of memory.