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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

A Piece of Her Mind

A Mother-Daughter Journey Through Stroke and Recovery

By: Mona Gupton & Stacy Gupton

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A Piece of Her Mind

A Mother-Daughter Journey Through Stroke and Recovery

By: Mona Gupton & Stacy Gupton

On April 10, 2003 Stacy Gupton, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming art education major, suffered a massive stroke. Life as she and her family knew it came to a screeching halt. A Piece of Her Mind chronicles the powerfully personal story of Stacy’s stroke and recovery. Her mother Mona guides us through a recount of their journey from diagnosis to critical care, through rehabilitation, and finally a poignant return home. Forever changed by the event, Stacy and Mona forged ahead, defied the naysayers, and created a new life for Stacy, as an artist defined by her abilities. A special collection of Stacy’s paintings and journal entries are featured along with accounts of the impact of her valiant fight for life on other women in her family. The decision to share this story came from the encouragement of friends and family who insisted other people could benefit from this tale of survival and hope.

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156

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462839525

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9781462839520

The Changing Consumer Cultures of Modern Egypt

Cairo's Urban Reshaping

By: Mona Abaza

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The Changing Consumer Cultures of Modern Egypt

Cairo's Urban Reshaping

By: Mona Abaza

In a collage of images the author attempts to convey the transformation of consumer culture and how it is related to the urban reshaping of the city of Cairo to meet with the demands of globalisation. Evidently Cairo ́s urban reshaping is taking place by pushing away the unwanted slums residents, which constitute the majority of the city ́s population.

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329

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BRILL

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9047410475

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Resilience of Informal Areas in Megacities – Magnitude, Challenges, and Policies

Strategic Environmental Assessment and Upgrading Guidelines to Attain Sustainable Development Goals

By: Mohsen M. Aboulnaga,Mona F. Badran,Mai M. Barakat

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Resilience of Informal Areas in Megacities – Magnitude, Challenges, and Policies

Strategic Environmental Assessment and Upgrading Guidelines to Attain Sustainable Development Goals

By: Mohsen M. Aboulnaga,Mona F. Badran,Mai M. Barakat

This book focuses on the socio-economic and sustainability challenges facing megacities in dealing with the dramatic population increases of informal areas and settlements (or slums), especially when coupled with the impacts and risks of climate change. The authors examine informal urban areas globally and in developing countries utilizing strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as a tool to solve the sequence of upgrading steps concerning slums and shanty towns, and also establish essential guidelines for local governments and stakeholders to create a balance and quality of life for slums dwellers, particularly in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, through applying sustainability indicators that enhance the upgrading process. Coverage includes recent statistics and mapping of informal areas worldwide and assessment of the GIZ and Sir Norman Foster models in terms of energy demands and consequential emission of CO2 and air pollution from slums. Three models of Maspero’s Triangle are also studied and assessed. The book is essential reading for a wide range of researchers, students, policymakers, governments, and professionals as well as a good source for research centers and academicians working in energy, climate change, urban environments, and sustainable urban development.

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363

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Springer Nature

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3030877949

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9783030877941

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

In Building a House in Heaven, Mona 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. She draws on interviews with key players, exploring the geography of Islamic charities through multiple neighborhoods, ideologies, sources of funding, projects, and wide social networks.

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1452939829

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Building a House in Heaven

Building a House in Heaven

A Piece of Her Mind

A Piece of Her Mind

The Changing Consumer Cultures of Modern Egypt

The Changing Consumer Cultures of Modern Egypt

Resilience of Informal Areas in Megacities – Magnitude, Challenges, and Policies

Resilience of Informal Areas in Megacities – Magnitude, Challenges, and Policies

Building a House in Heaven

Building a House in Heaven

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