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 the following decades, however,…
Read MoreThe Egyptian Red Crescent was founded in 1912 by Sheikh Ali Yussuf with a clear Panislamic and anticolonial agenda. In the following decades, however,…
Read MoreScholarly discussions of charity, philanthropy and humanitarianism in varied contexts tend to uphold the moral ideal of giving for the sake of humanity at…
Read MoreDrawing on fieldwork undertaken between 2004 and 2013 in Gilgit Town, the multi-sectarian capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, this brief explores…
Read MoreIn this intervention I argue that charitable or humanitarian practices among contemporary Muslims— and everyday religiosity more generally—are constituted and experienced not only through…
Read MoreWhat kind of practices, forms of moral reasoning and ethical orientation does Muslim humanitarianism entail? In what contexts and in response to what social…
Read MoreThe Sudanese revolution had slowly been gaining recognition since December 2018, when, in April 2019, a photo of women’s activism pushed the protests into…
Read MoreThe Omani government has silenced requests to reveal the location of the graves of executed insurgents from the Dhufar war 1965-1975. Thwarted claims-making under…
Read MoreIn this post, I outline first findings from my ongoing research project on “Accountability in statelessness.” The project is based on observations from ethnographic…
Read MoreSince 2012, I have been researching and writing about the difficult situation faced by the children of Filipino and Indonesian refugees and migrants living…
Read MoreThis thematic thread evolved out of a workshop on Claiming justice after conflict. The stateless, the displaced and the disappeared at the margins…
Read MoreDid you hear the one about the sperm and the consultant? No? How about ‘why did the UFO cross the road’? (Was it too…
Read MoreSore eyes? Glasses need cleaning and you’ve misplaced your cleaning cloth? Need something to do whilst desperately hoping your baby will fall asleep on…
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