Author: Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes is a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He writes about the relationship between kinship, the state, and religious movements in the Middle East. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Jordan, where he has balanced careful attention to the daily rhythms of rural and peri-urban working class life with intensive studies of urban planners, Islamic activists, officials in government-run Sharia Courts, and others who seek to transform society in various ways.

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes is a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He writes about the relationship between kinship, the state, and religious movements in the Middle East. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Jordan, where he has balanced careful attention to the daily rhythms of rural and peri-urban working class life with intensive studies of urban planners, Islamic activists, officials in government-run Sharia Courts, and others who seek to transform society in various ways.

Film, Theatre or Exhibition Review Reviews

Living Water and the politics and anti-politics of water in Jordan (Part 1)

December, 2021 / By Geoffrey Hughes

We are often told that Jordan is one of the most water-poor countries on the planet and it is […]

#Report: Envy and Greed: A Political Economy of Accusation and Critique

June, 2018 / By Geoffrey Hughes and Megnaa Mehtta

On the fourth and fifth of June, the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted

Fictions Threads

The Emergence of “Divorce Before Consummation” as a Legal Category in Jordanian Sharia Courts fictions

May, 2016 / By Geoffrey Hughes

Today’s inquiry into the nature of legal fictions takes us to Jordan’s government-run Sharia courts, where the concept of “divorce