A couple of days ago, baba sent me this nazm called Bahar aayi (Spring is here). The nazm is written by the Marxist, Urdu poet and writer Faiz Ahmed Faiz (known for his revolutionary poetry…
Remembering Elisabeth Hamrin
A few days ago, this image popped up on my fb feed as a memory. I’m not a fan of social media, but I do enjoy this particular feature that manages to throw one back…
New article on women’s experiences of everyday anti-Muslim racism in Sweden
My article on everyday anti-Muslim racism is now available online in the journal of Critical Sociology. One of the aims of the project I worked on at Cemfor was to understand Muslim women’s experiences of…
Poetic homeplaces
The article Poetic homesplaces can now be read in the Swedish Journal of Gender Studies. The article is about a group of Muslim women in Sweden who write poetry. Based on conversations with the poets…
New article in EJWS
Glad to share that me and my colleague René-León Rosale’s article “‘We just want to make art’ – Women with experiences of racial othering reflect on art, activism and representation” is now available and can…
Guest lecture at Cemus
On Monday, I gave a lecture at Cemus (Centre for Environment and Development Studies). Cemus is a student-initiated and interdisciplinary center at SLU and Uppsala University with the ambition to contribute to a just and…
New special issues out – Racism and Religion
I’m excited to announce that the special issue “Racism and Religion” is now out! This special issue consists of six research articles that, in different ways, deal with the intersection between racism and religion. It…
Conference in Belfast
A few weeks ago, I attended the super exciting Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion conference. The conference was held at Queens University in Belfast in Northern Ireland and was organized by the Center…
Seminar presentation at SRI
Yesterday, I presented my research project on a seminar at the Swedish Research Institute here in Istanbul (SRI). I have been at SRI for two months now where I have been writing articles based on…
New course in Globalization, race and privileges
The course Globalization, race and privileges has now begun. It is a master course of 7.5 credits that I together with Patricia Lorenzoni from Cemfor have been working on during the spring. The course is…