Magical afterlives in post-genocidal Turkey
One enters the city of Dersim, surrounded by the steep holy Munzur Mountains in central Anatolia, after showing one’s ID
Tears and Dreams of a Martyr
“When my father went, he knew he let me in safe hands. It means that instead of one hand, I
The Vital Afterlife of Chernobyl Cemeteries
Every year, after Easter, hundreds of families from all over Ukraine gather in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. People converge
“When Paths Are Closed”: Giulia Cavallo on the Fluid Mosaic
I met Dr. Giulia Cavallo at one of her art exhibitions in Lisbon, Portugal in 2019. For the Fluid Mosaic
“L’étranger”: Ariane Benoit on the Fluid Mosaic
Introduction Ariane is an anthropologist and a performer who chose to combine these two disciplines in her professional and personal
Introduction: Muslim Humanitarianism
Muslims around the world partake in comparable practices of aid, welfare and care that have received a wide range of
A note on humanitarian terminology
This article reviews the lexical field associated with “charity,” “philanthropy,” “humanitarianism” and similar terms in English, and concludes with a
Theorizing Humanitarianism for an Islamic Counterpublic #MUHUM
Closely attending to Muslim theorizations provides an opportunity for social scientists to stop asking such questions as ‘what is so
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
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