Let’s Take it SLOW!
Allegra has now been up and running for approximately three months – a period in which SO much has happened! We’ll do a proper…
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Divorce British Sharia Style
You have before your eyes the summary of the leading case in relation to ‘Mahr’ claims in England. In Islamic law, ‘Mahr’ is something…
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AAA 2013: The Final Countdown!
Only 14 days left before the AAA meeting in Chicago! As the largest conference within our discipline, the AAA triggers both enthusiasm at the…
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Gavin Weston on Superheroes, Lynching and Vigilantism
ALLEGRA: Gavin, Allegra is delighted to have you onboard as a contributor. Not only because you are a legal anthropologist (can we call you…
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Spirits at AVMoFA
From the depths of Siberia, amidst the wilderness of Tuva, this ancient stone evokes shamanic senses of awe and inspiration before the vast landscape…
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WORKING IN FASHION – PRECARITY AND PASSION
As part of my doctoral research on workers in the fashion industry in Paris and Brussels, I conducted fieldwork for a year and a…
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BIBLIOGRAPHY on Human Rights (Law) etc
We feel that it has by now become evident what we hope to do with Allegra: to both highlight ongoing debates and create new…
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Snapshots of British Islam (2): In search of ‘ethical business’ at the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum
From 29 to 31 October, London hosted the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF): an international business event organised by the WIEF Foundation whose…
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VALENTINE LOVE
This red toy dog is one of the many plush animals that can be purchased for Valentine’s Day in the streets of Cairo. When…
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Genner Llanes-Ortiz on “ECOCENTRIX”
Genner Llanes-Ortiz is a social anthropologist and postdoctoral researcher in the Indigeneity in the Contemporary World project based at Royal Holloway University of London,…
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LONDON CALLING
There is so much going on in the global megalopolis that it is difficult to get one’s head around the constant buzz of events…
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In search of ‘Entertainment’ at the UN (3/5)
This is a phenomenally impersonal and detached forum for addressing what really are issues of life and death for millions of people…. The meeting…
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