Glossary
- Alhamdulillah
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An Arabic phrase, meaning ‘Praise be to God’.
- bajaji
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Autorickshaw.
- berwaqo
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Prosperity.
- burjuwas
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A sharecropping arrangement common among the Somalis (Ethiopia).
- chikwangue
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Bread-like substance made from fermented, steamed cassava.
- du’a
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Prayer.
- ghairati khalaq
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Honourable.
- gham khadi
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The events surrounding an occasion of sorrow or joy, such as a funeral, birth, wedding, new job or graduation.
- hawala
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Money transfer system.
- hujras
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Male guesthouse and gathering space.
- hundi
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Money transfer mechanism.
- kuhozana
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‘Lending’ in the Havu language local to the DRC.
- kukopeshana
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‘Lending to each other’ in Swahili.
- likelemba
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A type of collective saving scheme (in Kinshasa, DRC).
- likirimba
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A type of collective saving scheme (in Kivu, DRC).
- malik
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Traditional community leaders responsible for sub-sections of populations at the neighbourhood level.
- maliks
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Traditional community leaders responsible for sub-sections of populations at the neighbourhood level.
- mana fasha'
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‘God help me’ in Kinyarwanda (DRC) but used in the sense of ‘God help me find something’.
- Mashallah
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An Arabic phrase, meaning ‘God has willed it’.
- merit work
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Voluntary labour performed to earn religious merit in Myanmar.
- mesharan
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Elders and other ‘leaders’.
- mohajir
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One who goes into exile for religious reasons – i.e., fleeing the atheist communists.
- mohinga
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Traditional Burmese food.
- mujahideen
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Plural of mujahid, an Arabic-origin term meaning one who struggles or resists in defence of Islam.
- pushtunwali
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A cultural code of conduct for people of Pashtun ethnicity.
- raape
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Daily work (DRC).
- rugabane
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Sharing of the harvest between a displaced person and the owner of the field.
- sadaqa
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A form of giving/taking in a context of vulnerability.
- shahad
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A handout to a person who is familiar or a distant friend.
- shaweesh
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An intermediary between distant landowners and camp residents.
- zakat
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A form of charitable giving, a fundamental pillar of the Islamic faith and an obligation for all those able to give.
