Islamic Aid and Gulf States in Contemporary Crises
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781399548342 (ISBN)
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The central argument of this book is based on the existence of non-universal but coexisting values that inspire humanitarianism, and the confrontation between values and practices in humanitarian aid implementation. The Gulf States, like any other donor states, are guided by the structural norms of the aid system and the politicisation of aid itself. However, originating from a different political and cultural background, including different Islamic understandings, they bring with them distinct practices and approaches within the system that can no longer be ignored.
Altea Pericoli brings together an analysis of Islamic norms and foreign aid interventions by the Gulf States through the study of various levels of aid implementation and policies, and examines their behaviour in a specific case study: the Syrian humanitarian response from 2015 to 2022. The analysis explores the top-down decision-making process of aid allocation by Qatar, the UAE and non-state regional actors, as well as the humanitarian negotiations and aid distribution conducted by Gulf charities and local organisations in Syria after 2015.
Altea Pericoli is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (2025–2028) jointly affiliated with the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and the Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari University. From 2024 to 2025, she held a postdoctoral position in geopolitics and regional cooperation at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. Her research focuses on the history of foreign aid provided by the Gulf States and on the values and norms of Islamic Humanitarianism. In 2023, she was awarded the Early Career Development Scholarship by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies to develop her PhD dissertation into a monograph.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Funding Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Introduction: Humanitarianism, Politics and Islam
Part I. Principles
1. Islamic Aid: Principles, Identities and Religion
2. Institutionalisation and Politicisation of Aid
Part II. Practices
3. Qatar and the UAE as Donors in the Region
4. Aid and Power: Qatar and the UAE Response in Syria
Conclusion: Imagining a New Humanitarianism
Bibliography
Notes
Appendix 1. Qatar Fund for Development Aid Allocation in Syria from 2015 to 2023
Appendix 2. UAE Aid Allocation in Syria from 2015 to 2023
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 black and white illustrations (22 figures and 4 tables) |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781399548342 / 9781399548342 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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