‘A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power.’ – Abbie Hoffman I first came across the political whirlwind that was Abbie Hoffman whilst a new activist in …
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In 2017 the Political is Personal
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Gender(ed) Paradoxes
Feminist, anti-imperialist and student movements of the 1960s and 1970s brought to the fore the concept of the ‘personal [as] political’. Since that time, the ‘personal [as] political’ has become axiomatic, offered as a means …
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Migrants, Modernity and the ‘Islamisation of Europe’
I also come from a Muslim, Iranian, migrant background – where many in my family migrated to the U.S. from Iran in 1979 and throughout the 1980s as both economic migrants and refugees from the …
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Solidarity and ‘the veil’: Why wearing a hijab in solidarity is more complicated than you think
Lately, there have been many stories of non-Muslim women deciding to wear the Muslim head scarf (or hijab) as a way of showing solidarity with Muslims, especially Muslim women, in this age of growing Islamophobia. …
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Impossible Solidarities: Islam, Feminism and (fortress) Europe’s Shifting Frontiers
Impossible Solidarities: Islam, Feminism and (fortress) Europe’s shifting frontiers Whilst co-organising a vigil this past week commemorating those who drowned in the Mediterranean attempting to breach ‘fortress Europe‘, I came across a passage by the …
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(Un)making Idolatry From Mecca to Bamiyan
I ask the Afghans and the Muslims of the world: Would you rather be the smashers of idols or the sellers of idols? – Mullah Umar, supreme leader of the Taliban It is not those who …
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The Koran does not Forbid Images of the Mohammad
The Charlie Hebdo killers were operating under a misapprehension. TOPKAPI PALACE LIBRARY In the wake of the massacre that took place in the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, I have been called upon as a …
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The Right to the Main Hall
A short documentary about Islamic feminism and the accommodation of women in the mosques in the Washington, DC area.
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Islam and Feminism: Whose Islam? Whose Feminism?
‘Islam and feminism have had a troubled relationship’, and goes on to warn us of the perils of faith-based feminism. While concurring with the essence of her critique of political Islam’s gender discourse, I suggest …
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Unthinkable Thoughts in the Debate About ISIS in Iraq
What unites marginalized Sunnis in Iraq and the hardcore ideologues within ISIS is their desperation to be rid of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, who has left them with no choice but to operate outside of the political system in order to better their lives.
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