Arang is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He is the author of Bazaar and State in Iran: the Politics of the Tehran Marketplace. His essays on Iranian and Middle Eastern politics, urban space, and state formation have been published in a number of edited books as well as academic journals, including Politics and Society, International Journal of Middle East Studies, and Geopolitics. Arang was a member of Middle East Report’s editorial committee from 2005 to 2011.
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