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Da'wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in East and West Africa.

Direct Aid (formerly Africa Muslims Agency), Kuwait's largest charity focused on Africa, carefully mediates between Gulf donor wishes, aid recipient needs, Kuwaiti and African government regulations, and various development priorities. Since the 1980s, Direct Aid has been centralizing religious and...

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Published in:Muslim World Vol. 112; no. 1; pp. 100 - 130
Main Author: Leichtman, Mara A.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2022
Subjects:
Charity
Communities
Charities
Faith development
Government regulation
Kuwait
West Africa
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