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Muslim diaspora communities in the West: Marginalized outsiders and previleged informants.
Shakira Hussein, Mon 20 Jul 2009 12:30 - 14:00
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Shakira Hussein is a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, where she recently completed her PhD about encounters between Muslim and Western women. She is a regular contributor to media outlets including New Matilda, Crikey and the Australian.
Venue:
Yasuko Hiraoka Myer (YHM) Room.
First floor, Sidney Myer Asia Centre.
Corner of Swanston street and Monash road.
The University of Melbourne
In the years since 9/11, Muslims living in Western societies have become conceptualized both as the "enemy within" the West, and as a bridge to understanding between the Muslim and Western worlds. This intense scrutiny has led to a re-conceptualisation of identity, so that people who were once seen primarily in terms of the ethnicity are now seen first and foremost as Muslim.
In this lecture, Shakira Hussein will critique the fear-mongering that has target Muslim communities in the West in recent years, but will also caution against some of the hopes invested in them as the site for an Islamic renaissance and the location for renewed understanding between Islam and the West.