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SUMMARY:Sherene Seikaly on Palestinian Businessmen and the British Colonial State
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Monthly Dialogue Series\, Dr. Sherene Seikaly\, the 2007-2008 Qatar Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in Washington\, DC\, gave a lecture titled “A Public Good? Palestinian Businessmen and the British Colonial State 1939-1948.” On December 10\, 2007\, Seikaly spoke to a local audience in Doha\, where she defended the view that Palestine had a vibrant and diverse economic culture during the British mandate. \n \n \nSeikaly claimed that when discussing pre-1948 Palestine\, one is influenced by a meta-narrative of impending catastrophe and the failure to achieve a Palestinian state. Thus\, she said\, the dynamics of social transformation and the vast economic growth in Arab Palestine are often overlooked. \n \n \nSeikaly’s research aims to contradict the commonly held notions that pre-1948 Palestine was a flatly divided society between corrupt\, feuding elites and poor\, ignorant masses. Instead\, Seikaly assured\, Palestine under the British mandate was experiencing rapid economic growth and the development of capitalism as a means of citizenship and of nationalism. \n \n \nSeikaly stated that contrary to popular belief\, Palestinian businessmen conceived of post-colonial Palestine as a state where Jews and Palestinian Arabs could co-exist as equitable citizens\, both contributing to the market. From 1939 to 1944\, under British mobilization for the war effort\, Palestinian exports doubled and the money supply grew sevenfold. While intense rationing and a newly developed income tax hampered many Palestinians’ daily lives\, Palestinian entrepreneurs remained actively involved in the economy\, petitioning the Brits with concerns and participating in local chambers of commerce. In fact\, there were many instances of joint Jewish and Palestinian Arab Chambers of Commerce\, including in Haifa until 1921 and Jerusalem until 1936. Even after 1936 the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce remained diverse in its composition\, including Christians\, Muslims\, Armenians and many other minorities. Seikaly encouraged the audience to avoid thinking in generalizations about either Palestinian Arabs or Jews. \n \n \nSeikaly lectured earlier in the day to students and faculty at Qatar University. She received her Ph.D. from New York University in 2007 in the fields of History\, and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. She is also the co-editor of the Arab Studies Journal.  \n \n \nSummary prepared by Kathryn King. Kathryn is a CIRS staff member.
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/sherene-seikaly-palestinian-businessmen-and-british-colonial-state/
CATEGORIES:Dialogue Series,Regional Studies
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SUMMARY:Hany El Banna and Azhari Gasim Ahmed
DESCRIPTION:As part of a Working Group Symposium on Global Development\, Organizations\, and Faith in the Muslim World\, on December 17\, 2007\, CIRS hosted a Distinguished Lecture by Hany El Banna\, co-founder and president of Islamic Relief Worldwide\, and Azhari Gasim Ahmed\, Senior Economist\, Islamic Development Bank. \n \n \nEarlier in the day\, the Working Group symposium was held at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. The symposium focused on institutions; relationships among public\, private\, and religiously inspired actors; financing issues; and other issues such as children\, education\, health\, and gender.
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/hany-el-banna-and-azhari-gasim-ahmed/
CATEGORIES:Dialogue Series,Panels,Regional Studies
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SUMMARY:Global Development\, Organizations\, and Faith in the Muslim World
DESCRIPTION:On December 17\, 2007\, the Working Group symposium on Global Development\, Organizations\, and Faith in the Muslim World was held at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. The symposium\, geared toward practitioners across the Muslim world\, was a working group consultation event co-sponsored by CIRS and the Berkley Center for Religion\, Peace\, and World Affairs\, and the Henry R. Luce Foundation. The symposium focused on institutions; relationships among public\, private\, and religiously inspired actors; financing issues; and other issues such as children\, education\, health\, and gender. The event ended with a Distinguished Lecture by Hany El Banna and Azhari Gasim Ahmed. El Banna is co-founder and president of Islamic Relief Worldwide and Ahmed is Senior Economist at the Islamic Development Bank.   \n \n \nParticipants of the Working Group included Mehran Kamrava\, Director of CIRS; Salman Shaikh\, Director for Policy and Research at the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned; Hady Amr\, Director of Brookings\, Qatar; and Omnia Nour\, Director of Reach Out to Asia\, among other distinguished international guests.  \n \n \nThe Working Group symposium is part of an ongoing joint Luce/School of Foreign Service multi-year research project focusing on institutions inspired by and linked to faith. Kamrava\, Director of CIRS\, said that the symposium’s program “will be fully integrated into the Georgetown University curriculum and the students will benefit greatly from engaging directly with the research results and actively participating in the creation of a database concerning faith-related organizations\, both governmental and non-governmental.” According to Kamrava\, the initiative is testimony to the commitment by Georgetown University and CIRS to encourage in-depth scholarship and to also provide a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas.  \n \n \nThe research takes place over three years; the first of which focused on the United States and concluded with a conference debating issues of faith-inspired institutions. The current year is the second stage of the investigation\, which focuses on the Muslim world and the role of global Muslim-inspired institutions such as Islamic Relief\, the Red Crescent Society\, and the Aga Khan Network. Further phases will focus on European faith-inspired institutions in Latin America\, Africa\, and Asia.  \n \n \nThe project will be completed in 2009 and the results will be published as a book.  \n \n \nFor more information\, view the Working Group’s symposium summary prepared by the Berkley Center for Religion\, Peace\, and World Affairs.
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/global-development-organizations-and-faith-muslim-world/
CATEGORIES:Dialogue Series,Race & Society,Regional Studies
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