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Call for papers: Gulf charities in the ‘Age of Terror’ and the ‘Arab Awakening’
Motivated by the Islamic traditions of generosity and almsgiving, the charities of the Gulf States enjoy great potential to expand their activities inside the GCC and beyond. But two 21st century developments - the so-called ‘Global War on Terror' and, more recently, the advent of the ‘Arab Awakening' or ‘Arab Spring' - have confronted
these charitable organizations with serious challenges to the aims and methods of operation that they have followed since the 1980s.
This workshop will examine those challenges and propose some pointers to a way ahead. It will complement, by means of disciplined research, the practical steps currently being taken by such organizations as the London-based Humanitarian Forum, to promote better understanding between Muslim organizations and their Western and multilateral counterparts.
Read more and submit an abstract of your own here.
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