Understanding the waqf A waqf is a form of endowment or land trust that has seen criticism in the past few decades, stemming from an Islamic law tradition to “imprison the capital and liquidate its fruit”. In essence, a waqf is created for the purpose of benefiting the people in the community. A person I …
To map Egypt, the British began to map what was not Egypt. Here, villages were divided, and imaginaries were created. But how did Rafah come into play as the final point – and when did we begin to treat this division as reality? Two soldiers stand under an olive tree in a deserted area. This …
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