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A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

By: Mona A. Abdelwahab

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A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

By: Mona A. Abdelwahab

Providing a critique of the concepts attached to the representation of urban space, this ground-breaking book formulates a new theory of space, which understands the dynamic interrelations between physical and social spaces while tracing the wider urban context. It offers a new tool to approach the reading of these interrelations through reflexive reading strategies that identify singular reading fragments of the different spaces through multiple reader-time-space relations. The strategies proposed in the volume seek to develop an integrative reading of urban space through recognition of the singular (influenced by discourse, institution, etc.); and temporal (influenced by reading perspective in space and time), thereby providing a relational perspective that goes beyond the paradox of place in between social and physical space, identifying each in terms of relationships oscillating between the conceptual, the physical and social content, and the context. In conclusion, the book suggests that space/place can be read through sequential fragments of people, place, context, mind, and author/reader. Operating at different scales between conceptual space and reality, the sequential reading helps the recognition of multiplicity and the dynamics of place as a transformational process without hierarchy or classification.

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Routledge

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1317186966

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9781317186960

Building a House in Heaven

Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic Charity in Egypt

By: Mona Atia

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Building a House in Heaven

Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic Charity in Egypt

By: Mona Atia

Charity is an economic act. This premise underlies a societal transformation—the merging of religious and capitalist impulses that Mona Atia calls “pious neoliberalism.” Though the phenomenon spans religious lines, Atia makes the connection between Islam and capitalism to examine the surprising relations between charity and the economy, the state, and religion in the transition from Mubarak-era Egypt. Mapping the landscape of charity and development in Egypt, Building a House in Heaven reveals the factors that changed the nature of Egyptian charitable practices—the state’s intervention in social care and religion, an Islamic revival, intensified economic pressures on the poor, and the subsequent emergence of the private sector as a critical actor in development. She shows how, when individuals from Egypt’s private sector felt it necessary to address poverty, they sought to make Islamic charities work as engines of development, a practice that changed the function of charity from distributing goods to empowering the poor. Drawing on interviews with key players, Atia explores the geography of Islamic charities through multiple neighborhoods, ideologies, sources of funding, projects, and wide social networks. Her work shifts between absorbing ethnographic stories of specific organizations and reflections on the patterns that appear across the sector. An enlightening look at the simultaneous neoliberalization of Islamic charity work and Islamization of neoliberal development, the book also offers an insightful analysis of the political and socioeconomic movements leading up to the uprisings that ended Mubarak’s rule and that amplified the importance of not only the Muslim Brotherhood but also the broader forces of Islamic piety and charity.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452939837

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9781452939834

Researching the Contemporary City.

Identity, environment and social inclusion in urban areas

By: Peter Kellett,Jaime Hernández-García,Mona Abdelwahab,Tamer Abdelfattah Ahmed,Antika Sawadsri,Musyimi Mbathi,Rittirong Chutapruttikorn,Mauricio Hernández-Bonilla,Brenda Galván-López,Muhammad Faqih,Agam Marsoyo

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Researching the Contemporary City.

Identity, environment and social inclusion in urban areas

The city is perhaps the most complex of all human constructs. In the 21st century when cities are bigger than ever, and the majority of the worlds population now live in urban areas, the need for research into this complexity to address the large scale challenges of urban life has never been greater. This collection of research studies from different parts of the world, brings together case studies, underpinned by theory, to contribute to the urgent search to make our cities more just, more livable, more accessible, more participatory and more democratic: in short, more humane places to live and work. These cross-cutting themes of social inclusion, spatial integration and poverty alleviation are the ever present motifs and motivations throughout this volume. The eleven chapters are grouped into four interrelated sections: the creation and representation of the urban; the production and transformation of the informal; the construction and appropriation of public spaces; and finally, the transformation, use and meaning of home. Collectively the essays engage with the city at a range of scales, but underpinning all of them is a concern for the everyday realities of ordinary peoples lives. These detailed and fine-grain analyses of complex processes are a modest contribution towards the creation of cities which are not simply more economically viable and environmentally sustainable, but also embody the ideals of social justice.

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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

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9587166345

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Hospitality and Islam

Welcoming in God's Name

By: Mona Siddiqui

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Hospitality and Islam

Welcoming in God's Name

By: Mona Siddiqui

A groundbreaking examination of a crucial concept in Islamic thought and tradition from an author noted for her work on interfaith and intercultural dialogue Considering its prominent role in many faith traditions, surprisingly little has been written about hospitality within the context of religion, particularly Islam. In her new book, Mona Siddiqui, a well-known media commentator, makes the first major contribution to the understanding of hospitality both within Islam and beyond. She explores and compares teachings within the various Muslim traditions over the centuries, while also drawing on materials as diverse as Islamic belles lettres, Christian reflections on almsgiving and charity, and Islamic and Western feminist writings on gender issues. Applying a more theological approach to the idea of mercy as a fundamental basis for human relationships, this book will appeal to a wide audience, particularly readers interested in Islam, ethics, and religious studies.

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Yale University Press

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0300211864

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9780300211863

My Way

A Muslim Woman's Journey

By: Mona Siddiqui

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My Way

A Muslim Woman's Journey

By: Mona Siddiqui

Polarized debates about 'Islam' and 'the West' are now so ubiquitous that it is easy to forget how damaging they can be. The vast majority of Muslims do not wish to see Islam used as a divisive force within the largely secular societies in which they live. How then can Muslim stereotyping be challenged? Mona Siddiqui is one of the foremost Western authorities on the reconciliation of 21st-century life and Islamic custom. In this new and searching book, she applies a uniquely probing intelligence to crucial issues of faith and identity (such as wearing the veil) within society at large. While speaking from within a particular tradition, she touches on matters of universal concern. Who are we? How do we cope with growing older? What kind of world will we leave to our children? Placing her rich personal journey in a wider context, the author is able to explore love and sex, multiculturalism and diversity, and ageing and death through the prism of her experience as both a Muslim and a modern woman. Her book shows why she is one of the most vital thinkers of our age.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857735101

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Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt

Shifting Worlds

By: Mona Abaza

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Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt

Shifting Worlds

By: Mona Abaza

This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies: Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the process of the production of 'knowledge' through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge debate' and local empirical variations.

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Routledge

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1136126104

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9781136126109

So You May See

By: Mona Prince

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So You May See

By: Mona Prince

Passion, unconventional romance, and the determination of a strong female character to live her life freely. This audacious novel opens with Ayn as she reflects on the act of writing and wonders if love alone is sufficient subject for a narrative. Haltingly at first, she weaves the tale of her love affair with Ali with witty asides about her own writing, and the limits and self-deceptions that are at the heart of all storytelling. As the story finds its way, through sea and desert, and the realms of mysticism and magic, we learn of a passionate, volatile relationship, one severely tested through countless separations, of Ayn's relationships with other men, including her intense encounters with a Corsican ex-convict, and of her own desire to escape the confines of marriage, even to the man she loves. Disarmingly candid in the telling, So You May See leads us gently into a revolt, a fierce rebuttal of conventional romantic literature and an indictment of the sexual mores and unquestioned attitudes to marriage and relationships in contemporary Egypt.

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American University in Cairo Press

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1617971766

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9781617971761

Islam and the Middle East

The Aesthetics of a Political Inquiry

By: Mona Abdul-Fadl

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Islam and the Middle East

The Aesthetics of a Political Inquiry

By: Mona Abdul-Fadl

Orientalism has traditionally dominated discourse on the Middle East and thus obscured the human realities of the region. This monograph addresses the inadequacy and validity of existing theoretical perspectives on the Middle East. The critique presented offers Islam as a unifying constant rather than a sporadic phenomenon correlated to the flux of social, political and economic conditions and argues that Islam should be conceptually incorporated into any analysis of the region. The book defines the essence of Islamic civilization and highlights aspects of the colonial encounter as a background for understanding contemporary dynamics. Against a subtle leitmotiv of contrasting imagery, it profiles the Islamic view of the state, the role of the faith as well as that of the community. Useful distinctions are made between the Islamic and Western approaches to the area which should prove illuminating to both the area specialist and the lay reader.

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International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

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1565645448

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A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

By: Mona A. Abdelwahab

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Book's by Mona Abdelwahab

A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

Building a House in Heaven

Building a House in Heaven

Researching the Contemporary City.

Researching the Contemporary City.

Hospitality and Islam

Hospitality and Islam

My Way

My Way

Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt

Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt

So You May See

So You May See

Islam and the Middle East

Islam and the Middle East

A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

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