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Mariam Durrani

Mariam Durrani, PhD, is a cultural and linguistic anthropologist, and an incoming postdoctoral fellow (2016-2018) at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

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Religion Dispatches

Normalization is Control: Telling Stories to Survive

Respected journalists are no longer holding Trump accountable but have switched to presenting him as a reasonable politician.
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Religion Dispatches

Times' Cutesy Guide Veils Humanity of Muslim Women

If you scroll to the bottom of the New York Times’ ‘World’ page, beneath articles about British political parties, economic news stories, and other matters of international newsworthiness, you’ll find…
Mariam Durrani
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Religion Dispatches

Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps

Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god, it was Hawkins’ decision to wear a hijab that has inspired women and…
Mariam Durrani
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