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Giving to God examines the everyday practices of Islamic giving in post-revolutionary Egypt. From foods prepared in Sufi soup kitchens, to meals distributed by pious volunteers in slums, to almsgiving, these acts are ultimately about giving to God by giving to the poor. Surprisingly, many who practice such giving say that they do not care about the poor, instead framing their actions within a unique non-compassionate ethics of giving. At first, this form of giving may appear deeply selfish, but further consideration reveals that it avoids many of the problems associated with the idea of “charity.” Using the Egyptian uprising in 2011 and its call for social justice as a backdrop, this beautifully crafted ethnography suggests that “giving a man a fish” might ultimately be more revolutionary than “teaching a man to fish.”
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INDEX
Abdel Nasser, Gamal, 30, 65, 69, 89, 117, 169, 187n4, 198n17. See also socialism
Abdelazeem, Sherif, 77, 83–86, 89–91, 94–95, 172–173, 198n15. See also Resala
Abu El-Gheit, Mohamed, 31–32, 194n15
Abu-Lughod, Lila, 31, 204n4
activists, 27, 179, 194n25, 207n3; at Flash Hub, 9–10, 171–172; turning to Sufism, 180, 182; views on charity/justice, 5, 11, 21–24, 30–31, 40–42, 74, 115, 156, 181–182; views on the Tahrir sit-in, 10, 25, 28, 35–40, 166, 192n1. See also “the poor first”; protests; revolution; social justice
afterlife, 43, 94–95, 107, 197n3; importance of the, 197n6, 198n17; temporality of the, 15, 99–100, 158, 199n22; trading for the, 74–77, 91, 95, 99–101, 121, 127, 136, 145, 158, 198n15. See also divine; hell; paradise
agency: divine, 8, 30, 50–52, 64, 68–69, 73, 108, 127, 140, 159; human, 8, 63–64, 76, 108, 126, 190n18. See also divine; hope; invisible realm
Agrama, Hussein, 194n22
ahl al-bayt, 2, 51–53, 130, 139–140, 147, 149–150, 196n17, 203n12. See also al-bātin; Imam Hussain; mawlid; Sayyida Zaynab; shrine.
ākhira. See afterlife
al-‘Adawiyya, Rabi‘a, 76, 203n12
al-Azhar, 26, 161, 204n15
al-Banna, Hasan, 10, 146, 203n2
al-bātin (invisible realm): entangled with the visible, 5, 8, 16, 62, 73, 75, 143, 147–151, 189n12, 201n2. See also dreams
al-Gam‘iyya al-Shar‘iyya, 86, 191n21
al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid, 132–133, 136, 145, 148
al-hamdu-li-llāh (thanks be to God), 52, 71, 134–135, 189n12. See also contentment; gratitude
al-Jazeera, 9, 24
al-Qaradawi, Yusuf, 145–146, 148, 168, 189n10, 207n5
almsgiving. See sadaqa; zakāt
Amal: and God, 7, 108, 111, 180; life-history, 110–117, 125–128, 200n4, 200n8; making ends meet...
Table of contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- During the Revolution
- Giving
- Receiving
- After the Revolution
- Postscript
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index