The question of self and what it means across cultural boundaries has always been interesting. In this post, I aim to understand one Iranian director’s perspective on the construction of self in order to extrapolate …
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Constructing Subjectivity between ‘East’ & ‘West’
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In 2017 the Political is Personal
‘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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Strike! for Repeal
The Strike 4 Repeal movement urged the public to support the movement on social media. “We have the support of thousands of people in Ireland and the world and the media attention continues to embarrass …
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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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The Power of Memory
Collective hatred comes from narratives of cultural memory. In 1916, anticipating victory, France, Russia, and Britain created the “Middle East” out of the remains of the 600-year old Ottoman Empire. Lebanon and Iraq were directly …
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Protected: Amnesty International: Human Rights are meaningless without human solidarity.
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#FreeWalli
Walli Ullah Safi, 21 years of age, has been in Cloverhill prison for more than two weeks. In very different circumstances, I was in prison at the same age for two weeks after protesting the …
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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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Talk Notes from Kieran Flynn Memorial Lecture Series on Islam in the West
And I just want to end quoting a tweet from Salma Yacoob who started the hashtag #lifeofamuslimfeminist “White feminists want to pull your hijab off and 'liberate' you and Muslims tell you you don't need feminism #lifeofamuslimfeminist
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