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A Muslim magazine for the 21st century. Read our latest essay - The Bonds of Reputation: https://kasurian.com/p/bonds-of-reputation
In the quest for 21st-century economic sovereignty, where does one start? In Kasurian's latest essay, The Bonds of Reputation, Haseeb Ahmed (@haseebinc) explores the hidden role of trust in trade, from the Maghribi Traders of medieval Islamic civilisation, to the Diamond…
The 19th century offers Muslims a blueprint. The trust assurances of these reputational networks were not exclusive to the Jewish communities. The Trans-Saharan traders reveal that the optimal solution isn't choosing between private and public order, but building robust private…
Eating Grass, Breathing Fire: How Pakistan got the nuclear bomb. kasurian.com/p/eating-grass…
“In slavery, neither sword nor strategy works; But when a man tastes conviction, the chains cut themselves”. — Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan is not a wealthy country. Nearly 40% of its population lives below the poverty line, nearly half are illiterate, and the government has borrowed…
Muslims searching for sovereignty in the 21st century are confronted with a fractured landscape. Debanking in the West, opportunism in the East, and a global economy that oscillates between over-regulation and lawlessness. To see why the innovation of social technologies is…
In Midtown Manhattan, the largest diamond market in the world thrives: The Diamond District. The words that securitise transactions here are ancient: “mazel u’bracha”, a Yiddish phrase to convey ‘luck and blessing’. The choice of words reflects the de facto monopoly that Jewish…
V few gatherings of interest - this is one I’m down for
This past weekend in Toronto, Kasurian readers and writers gathered for an intimate and relaxed afternoon of conversation, reflecting on Kasurian’s themes and essays, exchanging ideas, and sharing personal projects. Discussion ranged from the implicit theology of AI alignment,…
met up with readers of @KasurianMag for some lively and insightful conversations at New Stadium - thanks to @newsystems_ for hosting us
extraordinary essay. quite enjoyed the use of mathematical abstraction to elucidate the point
In the quest for 21st-century economic sovereignty, where does one start? In Kasurian's latest essay, The Bonds of Reputation, Haseeb Ahmed (@haseebinc) explores the hidden role of trust in trade, from the Maghribi Traders of medieval Islamic civilisation, to the Diamond…
refreshing take, especially if you live where low state capacity & institutional voids mean that it’s hard to do high-trust economic activity. forget about the state, just create your own network of high caliber operator and do business with each other. You can just do things
In the quest for 21st-century economic sovereignty, where does one start? In Kasurian's latest essay, The Bonds of Reputation, Haseeb Ahmed (@haseebinc) explores the hidden role of trust in trade, from the Maghribi Traders of medieval Islamic civilisation, to the Diamond…
India’s quest to achieve an absolute strategic advantage over Pakistan had been foiled by the tenacity of Pakistani scientists, engineers, and statesmen, who sought their own deterrent by any means necessary. Read more in our latest essay, Eating Grass, Breathing Fire — link in…
Who was Tipu Sultan? Cutting through myth and fiction, Kasurian presents an alternative perspective of his rule as the first of the modernising Muslim statesmen and the last line of defence for India against the British. Read the full story on Kasurian. Link in the reply below: