Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-192) and index
Gulf War; fear and its boundaries -- Mutilated modernity: Fear of the foreign west -- Fear of the Imam -- Fear of democracy -- United Nations charter -- Koran -- Sacred concepts and profane anxieties: Fear of freedom of thought -- Fear of individualism -- Fear of the past -- Fear of the present -- Women's song; destination freedom -- Conclusion: Simorgh is us!