An interview with Mohammed Bamyeh, professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The interview focuses on Professor Bamyeh's research and writing, in particular, including his books Lifeworlds of Islam: the Pragmatics of a Religion, and Anarchy as Order: the History and Future of Civic Humanity. The essay we discuss (which is in Arabic) on civil war in the US is here: www.al-adab.com/article/%D9%83%D9…D9%8A%D8%A9%D8%9F. The interview we discuss is here: countervortex.org/anarchism-and-th…-arab-uprisings/. The issue of Mizna focusing on literature and revolutions can be found here: mizna.org/journal-slider/mizna…ature-in-revolution/.