Reflections on a Theory of Zakat
This inquiry into the role of “obligatory almsgiving” (zakat) within Muslim humanitarianism presents a theorization of two modes of Islamic […]
Saudi Arabia, Humanitarian Aid and Knowledge Production: What do we really know?
Saudi Arabia has one of the largest humanitarian aid budgets in the world. It counts as an ‘emerging’ donor of
The Egyptian Red Crescent in the Twentieth Century
The Egyptian Red Crescent was founded in 1912 by Sheikh Ali Yussuf with a clear Panislamic and anticolonial agenda. In
A Postcolonial Civic? Shi‘i Philanthropy and the Making and Marking of Urban Space in Mumbai
Scholarly discussions of charity, philanthropy and humanitarianism in varied contexts tend to uphold the moral ideal of giving for the
At Odds with the Impulse: Muslim Humanitarianism and its Exclusions in Northern Pakistan
Drawing on fieldwork undertaken between 2004 and 2013 in Gilgit Town, the multi-sectarian capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern
Islam, Humanitarianism and everyday religion
In this intervention I argue that charitable or humanitarian practices among contemporary Muslims— and everyday religiosity more generally—are constituted and
Muslim Humanitarianism: An Afterword
What kind of practices, forms of moral reasoning and ethical orientation does Muslim humanitarianism entail? In what contexts and in
Where are the Nuba queens?
The Sudanese revolution had slowly been gaining recognition since December 2018, when, in April 2019, a photo of women’s activism
Double disappearance after Oman’s Dhufar war
The Omani government has silenced requests to reveal the location of the graves of executed insurgents from the Dhufar war
Accountability in statelessness
In this post, I outline first findings from my ongoing research project on “Accountability in statelessness.” The project is based