JOHN CHALCRAFT is Lecturer in Imperialism at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. Previous posts include a Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories (2004). YASEEN NOORANI is Assistant Professor in Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, USA. Previous posts include a visiting professorship at the University of Michigan and a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh. He is author of the article 'Heteroto
