Publications Emanuel Schaeublin

Divine money: Islam, zakat, and giving in Palestine (forthcoming with Indiana University Press).

Counting good and bad deeds under military rule: Islam and divine bookkeeping in Nablus (Palestine). In: Clarke, Morgan and Emily Corran (eds.). Rules and ethics: Perspectives from history and anthropology. Manchester: Manchester University Press (2021).

Disconnected accountabilities: Institutionalizing Islamic giving in Nablus (Palestine). Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society 4/2: 28-60 (2020).

Islam in face-to-face interaction: Direct zakat giving in Nablus (Palestine). Contemporary Levant, (2019).

No country for anthropologists? Ethnographic research in the contemporary Middle East (PDF, 74 KB). Co-authored with M. Akcinar, D. Cantini, A. Kreil, and S. Naef. Bulletin of the Swiss Society for Middle East and Islamic Cultures, (2019).

No country for anthropologists? Four dilemmas for ethnographic research in the contemporary Middle East. Co-authored with M. Akcinar, D. Cantini, A. Kreil, and S. Naef. AllegraLab, (2019).

Zakat practice in the Islamic tradition and its recent history in the context of Palestine. In: E. Davey and E. Svoboda (eds.), Histories of humanitarian action in the Middle East and North Africa (HPG Working Paper). London: Overseas Development Institute, (2014).

Role and governance of Islamic charitable institutions: Gaza zakat organizations (1973-2011) in the local context. CCDP Working Paper. Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (2012).

Dawr al-mu’assasāt al-islāmiyya al-khayriyya wa uslūb idārati-ha: Mu’assasāt al-zakāh fī ghazza (1973-2011) fī al-siyyāq al-maḥallī. CCDP Working Paper. Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (2012).

Sacred spaces and funds: Awqaf properties and zakat committees in Jerusalem. Co-authored with M. Iwais. In D. Bernardi and N. Etienne (eds). Eternal Tour: Jerusalem. Geneva: Labor et Fides, (2011).

Role and governance of Islamic charitable institutions: The West Bank zakat committees (1977-2009) in the local context. CCDP Working Paper. Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (2009).

Dawr al-mu’assasāt al-islāmiyya al-khayriyya wa uslūb idārati-ha: Lijān al-zakāh fī al-ḍaffa al-gharbiyya (1977-2009) fī al-siyyāq al-maḥallī. CCDP Working Paper. Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, (2009).

The ethical condition: Essays on action, person, and value, Michael Lambek (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015). Reviewed in Anthropos, (2018).

Ethnographies of Islam: Ritual performances and everyday practices, edited by B. Dupret, T. Pierret, P. G. Pinto, and K. Spellman-Poots (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012). Reviewed in Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford, (2018).

Egypt in the future tense: Hope, frustration, and ambivalence before and after 2011, Samuli Schielke (Indiana University Press, 2011). Reviewed in Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, (2016).

Contemporary Christian nationalism in the United States. Co-authored with Cora Alder. CSS Analyses in Security Policy. Zurich: ETH, (2021).

Zwitschern gegen den Polizeistaat: Digitale Netzwerke erreichen Ägyptens Unterschicht kaum. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, (2013).

Demokratische Kulissen in einer autoritären Landschaft: Der Streit um die ägyptische Verfassungsrevision. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, (2013).

Schwindende Hoffnung auf Vermittlung im Konflikt zwischen den Muslimbrüdernund der Armee. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, (2013).

Das Labyrinth des syrischen Bürgerkriegs: Die Gewalt und die gesellschaftliche Zersplitterung haben ihre Wurzeln in der Unterdrückungspolitik des Regimes Asad. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, (2013).

Ein Ort der Ruhe und der Versammlung: Die Moschee von Petit-Saconnex in Genf. Zürich: Tages-Anzeiger, (2007).