Episode 5 • Season One — Roots 55:10 2026/06/27

The aflaj: who owns the water?

Guest: Dr Abdullah Alharthi

How did people divide scarce water with a fairness that actually held, before pumps and meters?

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A conversation about the aflaj system as a social institution: how time was measured by shadow, how disputes were settled, and why dividing by time is cleverer than dividing by quantity.

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