We discuss the engineering of seating, the sequence of serving coffee, and the migration of the majlis’s functions to the café and the messaging group.
The majlis: who sits at the head?
Guest: Sarah Alharbi
A reading of the majlis as an ordering of standing, and of what happened to it when housing moved into flats.
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