Launch status
Institutional phase and technical readiness
Institutional phase
Phase 1 — Foundation
Dar al-Qalam is still in the work of being built. The website is commercially capable, but the institution itself remains in its founding stage: governance, waqf architecture, editorial proof, donor conversations, and subscriber growth.
Public proof
Issue Zero
Building now
Subscribers
Preparing
Waqf + Lamu
Technical status
| Area | Status |
|---|---|
| framework | Astro SSR on Netlify adapter |
| auth | Cookie-backed member sessions with signed tokens |
| memberArea | Protected account route and subscriber dashboard |
| fileDelivery | Server-gated PDF endpoint for Issue Zero |
| billing | Stripe Checkout plus billing portal |
| persistence | Supabase-backed records for members, subscriptions, submissions, and audit events |
| legal | Privacy, terms, cookies, trust, and contact pages live |
| observability | Health endpoint and audit logging |
Health endpoint: /api/health/