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Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
History, Diasporas and "Homelands"
Chapter Three
Khojah Ismaili Identities, Origins and the Connection to the "Homeland"
Chapter Four
Islamization Reforms: Towards Pan-Muslim and Pan-Ismaili Identities
Chapter Five
Global Ismailism: Re-thinking Diaspora, Nation and Religion
Chapter Six
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
We had our dreams, Little One,
we dreamt the world, which was
large and beautiful and exciting, and
it came to us this world, even
though it was more than we
bargained for, it came in large
soaking waves and wrecked us, but
we are thankful, for to have dreamt
was enough.
M.G. Vassanji, The Gunny Sack
She takes off her shoes by the sea
and steps into it as into music.
And she understands everything
though she doesn't understand a thing.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko