State, Society and Islam in the Western Regions of the Sahara

Preface: Benjamin Soares, University of Florida, USA

Introduction: Shifting Sands: State, Society and Islam in the Western Regions of the Sahara, Francisco Freire, NOVA FCSH, Portugal

PART I: State
Chapter 1: A Land of Opportunities: Political Morphologies at the Northwestern Saharan Frontier (1934-1960), Alberto Lopez Bargados, University of Barcelona, Spain
Chapter 2: A Historical Perspective on Legal Practices in Sahrawi Society (1958-2019), Enrique Bengochea Tirado, NOVA FCSH / CRIA, Portugal
Chapter 3: Magnitudes of Sahrawi Nomadism throughout Colonialism and Refugeehood, Juan Carlos Gimeno, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain and Julien Lafontaine Carboni, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Chapter 4: The Flexible Use of Democracy in an Islamic Republic: The Case of the Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz (2009-2019), Elemine Ould Mohamed Baba Moustapha, University of Nouakchott, Mauritania


PART II: Society
Chapter 5: Artisanal Gold Mining in Mauritania, Moustapha Taleb, NOVA FCSH / CRIA, Portugal
Chapter 6: Unsettling Gender and Feminism: Views from Mauritania, Maria Cardeira da Silva, NOVA FCSH, Portugal
Chapter 7: Funeral Orations, the Web and Politics: The Online Making of National Heroes in Mauritania and the Western Sahara in Poems and Songs, Sebastien Boulay, Faculte des sciences humaines et sociales de la Sorbonne, Universite de Paris, France and Mohamed Meidah, University of Nouakchott, Mauritania
Chapter 8: Haratin Activism in Post-Slavery Mauritania: Abolition, Emancipation and the Politics of Identity, David Malluche, University of Bayreuth, Germany


PART III: Islam
Chapter 9: On the (Body of the) Subject in the Sahara: Mu?ummadhun Fal b. Muttali's Fat? al-?aqq (19th century), Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh, Universite de Lorraine, France
Chapter 10: The Past and Present of the Ghu?fiyya Sufi Order from the Western Regions of the Sahara, Yahya Ould al-Bara, University of Nouakchott, Mauritania
Chapter 11: Islamic Traditional Schooling in a Globalized Context: A Case-Study from the Teisir Mahadra (southwestern Mauritania), Mariem Baba Ahmed, NOVA FCSH / CRIA, Portugal and Zahra Horma, NOVA FCSH / CRIA, Portugal
Chapter 12: Islam, Blasphemy, and Realpolitik in Mauritania: The Case of Mohamed Mkhaitir, Francisco Freire, NOVA FCSH, Portugal

Postface: Reflections on Research Ethics in Complex Contexts-Navigating Politics, Pragmatics, and Positionality, Leonardo Villalon, University of Florida, USA and Irina Branco da Silva, NOVA FCSH

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• Sociedade e cultura: geral
• Estudos islâmicos
• História africana
• Colonialismo, imperialismo e
• Grupos e movimentos revolucionários

Hassaniya; muslim; islamic; Morocco; Algeria; Mauritania; Africa