How does one construct a “trust” state? What are the set of institutions, policies, processes, that can ensure the emergence of such a state?  I interpret the trust state to be a state where trust, both as a social commodity and as a practice becomes a thread that would need to weave throughout all levels of society in order to make it possible for a diverse community to cohere, and overcome the obstacles produced by the paradigm of dichotomous thought.

In his “A Treatise on Trust State for a New Arab World” (2016) Mohammed Hashas deals with a very sensitive issue worthy of reflection: the (re)-construction of a state in which citizens can put again their trusteeship.