Khadijah Elshayyal
@drkelshayyal.bsky.social
Academic interested in faith, identity, politics, activism, culture of Muslims in the west. Author: Muslim Identity Politics (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/muslim-identity-politics-9781838602048/)
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Ok so my initial impression is that if Twitter is a jungle, Bluesky seems to be an oxbridge formal dining hall?
We at Network of Sisters in Academia (NeSA) are deeply alarmed and outraged at the abduction of our sister and fellow academic Rumeysa Öztürk and demand that authorities declare her location and secure her liberty so she can return safely to her studies
March 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We at Network of Sisters in Academia (NeSA) are deeply alarmed and outraged at the abduction of our sister and fellow academic Rumeysa Öztürk and demand that authorities declare her location and secure her liberty so she can return safely to her studies
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Really enjoying the Roundtable Session on Digital Influence—Nafisa Bakkar and Hamza Tzortzis in conversation with Sadek Hamid @sadekhamid.bsky.social and Khadijah Elshayyal @drkelshayyal.bsky.social Fascinating insights on online engagement, authority, and influence #dbiconf2025
February 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Really enjoying the Roundtable Session on Digital Influence—Nafisa Bakkar and Hamza Tzortzis in conversation with Sadek Hamid @sadekhamid.bsky.social and Khadijah Elshayyal @drkelshayyal.bsky.social Fascinating insights on online engagement, authority, and influence #dbiconf2025
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A fascinating conversation at the Digital British Islam Conference: Nafisa Bakkar and Hamza Tzortzis in discussion with @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and @sadekhamid.bsky.social #dbiconf2025
February 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A fascinating conversation at the Digital British Islam Conference: Nafisa Bakkar and Hamza Tzortzis in discussion with @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and @sadekhamid.bsky.social #dbiconf2025
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Enjoying Dr Khadija Elshayyal’s @drkelshayyal.bsky.social findings from the DBI project, exploring gender. Key insights include empowerment, safety, and the commodification of aspiration—critical for understanding diverse online experiences across genders. #DigitalReligion #dbiconf2025
February 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Enjoying Dr Khadija Elshayyal’s @drkelshayyal.bsky.social findings from the DBI project, exploring gender. Key insights include empowerment, safety, and the commodification of aspiration—critical for understanding diverse online experiences across genders. #DigitalReligion #dbiconf2025
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Our Podcasts Archive now has an accompanying Insights article by @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and Dr Sadek Hamid. 🎧🎙️ #digitalislam
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British Muslim Podcasters: Gender Dynamics, Commodification and The Displacement of Traditional Islamic Authority - Digital British Islam
by Khadijah Elshayyal and Sadek Hamid This article links directly to the Digital British Islam: Podcast Archive. In recent years, the medium of the podcast has emerged as a platform of choice for a ra...
digitalbritishislam.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Our Podcasts Archive now has an accompanying Insights article by @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and Dr Sadek Hamid. 🎧🎙️ #digitalislam
digitalbritishislam.com/british-musl...
digitalbritishislam.com/british-musl...
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My PhD student @ryanswan.bsky.social is researching NGOs and third sector organisations that work with Arab refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. If you have contacts who work in this field, please get in touch with Ryan - details below 👇
For my PhD fieldwork: I'm looking for NGO or third sector workers who've had experience or with refugees or asylum seekers from Arab States in Scotland. Those here who have contacts in Scotland - please share, if you can!
November 28, 2024 at 3:22 PM
My PhD student @ryanswan.bsky.social is researching NGOs and third sector organisations that work with Arab refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. If you have contacts who work in this field, please get in touch with Ryan - details below 👇
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My latest with Heidi Matthews and Priya Gupta on the role of universities during this moment of genocide. We critique the censorship of anti-genocide protest and critique in Western universities and the role they have sadly played in furthering the scholaticide
: theconversation.com/universities...
: theconversation.com/universities...
Universities should not silence research and speech on Palestine
Universities play an indispensable role in supporting the free inquiry needed to do the essential work of analysis, evidence gathering and recording of war crimes.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:46 AM
My latest with Heidi Matthews and Priya Gupta on the role of universities during this moment of genocide. We critique the censorship of anti-genocide protest and critique in Western universities and the role they have sadly played in furthering the scholaticide
: theconversation.com/universities...
: theconversation.com/universities...
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We have a new poster:
Digital British Islam: Experiences, Responses and Impact from Britain and Beyond
5th and 6th February 2025, Coventry University
Registration is free of charge.
Details/registration: digitalbritishislam.com
Digital British Islam: Experiences, Responses and Impact from Britain and Beyond
5th and 6th February 2025, Coventry University
Registration is free of charge.
Details/registration: digitalbritishislam.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
We have a new poster:
Digital British Islam: Experiences, Responses and Impact from Britain and Beyond
5th and 6th February 2025, Coventry University
Registration is free of charge.
Details/registration: digitalbritishislam.com
Digital British Islam: Experiences, Responses and Impact from Britain and Beyond
5th and 6th February 2025, Coventry University
Registration is free of charge.
Details/registration: digitalbritishislam.com
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Here's a direct link to Registration Page for the @digibritislam.bsky.social Conference February 5-6 2025 in Coventry. While some content will be recorded, all participants are on-site, and the event will not be streamed. Registration is free. digitalbritishislam.com/conference-r...
November 25, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Here's a direct link to Registration Page for the @digibritislam.bsky.social Conference February 5-6 2025 in Coventry. While some content will be recorded, all participants are on-site, and the event will not be streamed. Registration is free. digitalbritishislam.com/conference-r...
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Important thread from my colleague @drkelshayyal.bsky.social
I was privileged to contribute to this important intervention on Islamophobia from
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
, released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
, released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵
This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
November 25, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Important thread from my colleague @drkelshayyal.bsky.social
I was privileged to contribute to this important intervention on Islamophobia from
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
, released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
, released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵
This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
November 25, 2024 at 9:32 AM
I was privileged to contribute to this important intervention on Islamophobia from
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
, released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
, released last week. I wrote about how the media &political establishments default to a stance of suspicion &a regulatory impulse when it comes to Muslim public/political agency 🧵
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Really fantastic piece about the commodification of contemporary Podcasting within public Muslim discourse
New from Sadek Hamid and me, we draw on our research for @digibritislam.bsky.social to comment on the burgeoning British Muslim podcast scene & how it interplays with discourse and understandings of gender dynamics, commodification & religious authority
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
British Muslim Podcasters: Gender Dynamics, Commodification, and Displacement of Traditional Islamic Authority - Maydan
It has been said that podcasts are to radio what online streaming has become to television, the main difference being that most podcasts are free to access. Recent years have seen the medium of the.....
themaydan.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Really fantastic piece about the commodification of contemporary Podcasting within public Muslim discourse
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Great to be discussant for the screening of ‘Due Regard’ at Edinburgh University this evening.
The film explores the impact of counter-terrorism and Prevent on families.
Congrats to Shahnaz Akhter for her brilliant work, and thanks to İdil Akıncı Perez for arranging!
The film explores the impact of counter-terrorism and Prevent on families.
Congrats to Shahnaz Akhter for her brilliant work, and thanks to İdil Akıncı Perez for arranging!
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Great to be discussant for the screening of ‘Due Regard’ at Edinburgh University this evening.
The film explores the impact of counter-terrorism and Prevent on families.
Congrats to Shahnaz Akhter for her brilliant work, and thanks to İdil Akıncı Perez for arranging!
The film explores the impact of counter-terrorism and Prevent on families.
Congrats to Shahnaz Akhter for her brilliant work, and thanks to İdil Akıncı Perez for arranging!
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We invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. The award aims to stimulate a new generation of thinkers who can offer original, lively and topical contributions to the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued. www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/the...
The Stuart Hall Essay Prize - Stuart Hall Foundation
The Stuart Hall Foundation is pleased to invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpubl...
www.stuarthallfoundation.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:55 PM
We invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. The award aims to stimulate a new generation of thinkers who can offer original, lively and topical contributions to the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued. www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/the...
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Here’s an excellent article from @digibritislam.bsky.social‘s @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and Dr Sadek Hamid on British Muslim podcasters. There’s lots to consider in relation to the impacts of podcast content, and - especially - the personalities behind the pods.
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
British Muslim Podcasters: Gender Dynamics, Commodification, and Displacement of Traditional Islamic Authority - Maydan
It has been said that podcasts are to radio what online streaming has become to television, the main difference being that most podcasts are free to access. Recent years have seen the medium of the.....
themaydan.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Here’s an excellent article from @digibritislam.bsky.social‘s @drkelshayyal.bsky.social and Dr Sadek Hamid on British Muslim podcasters. There’s lots to consider in relation to the impacts of podcast content, and - especially - the personalities behind the pods.
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
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I have a piece in this anthology entitled “On parenthood and genocide” which was originally published in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social about how we, as parents, have failed the parents of Gaza.
We Grow the World Together is a vital anthology exploring the intersections between caregiving and abolition.
For every copy we sell on our website this month, we'll send a free copy through our Books Not Bars program to a reader who is currently incarcerated.
For every copy we sell on our website this month, we'll send a free copy through our Books Not Bars program to a reader who is currently incarcerated.
We Grow the World Together
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:08 AM
I have a piece in this anthology entitled “On parenthood and genocide” which was originally published in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social about how we, as parents, have failed the parents of Gaza.
New from Sadek Hamid and me, we draw on our research for @digibritislam.bsky.social to comment on the burgeoning British Muslim podcast scene & how it interplays with discourse and understandings of gender dynamics, commodification & religious authority
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
British Muslim Podcasters: Gender Dynamics, Commodification, and Displacement of Traditional Islamic Authority - Maydan
It has been said that podcasts are to radio what online streaming has become to television, the main difference being that most podcasts are free to access. Recent years have seen the medium of the.....
themaydan.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
New from Sadek Hamid and me, we draw on our research for @digibritislam.bsky.social to comment on the burgeoning British Muslim podcast scene & how it interplays with discourse and understandings of gender dynamics, commodification & religious authority
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
themaydan.com/2024/11/brit...
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This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
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Thanks to Afzal Khan MP for hosting Runnymede Trust’s new report on Islamophobia. A great turnout and wonderful panel, with the many report authors part of our conversations. Props to Sayeeda Warsi for getting us underway and to Husam Zomlot for joining us after another exhausting day 🙏🏾
November 18, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Thanks to Afzal Khan MP for hosting Runnymede Trust’s new report on Islamophobia. A great turnout and wonderful panel, with the many report authors part of our conversations. Props to Sayeeda Warsi for getting us underway and to Husam Zomlot for joining us after another exhausting day 🙏🏾
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“The general election was a microcosm of how Muslims in general are spoken of as if they are not in the room, not part of the country, and not seriously impacted by how they are constantly othered and their behaviour pathologised.”
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
“The general election was a microcosm of how Muslims in general are spoken of as if they are not in the room, not part of the country, and not seriously impacted by how they are constantly othered and their behaviour pathologised.”
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
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“In public and political discourse during the recent general election there has been something of a frenzy around the mobilisation of Muslim voters, in particular their focus on the plausibility of genocide in Gaza and our government's role in its continuation.”
@drkelshayyal.bsky.social
@drkelshayyal.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
“In public and political discourse during the recent general election there has been something of a frenzy around the mobilisation of Muslim voters, in particular their focus on the plausibility of genocide in Gaza and our government's role in its continuation.”
@drkelshayyal.bsky.social
@drkelshayyal.bsky.social
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I wrote the foreword for Runnymede's excellent report on Islamophobia, published today.
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK
Perspectives paper highlighting how Islamophobia is growing in the UK, and its structural nature across British society.
www.runnymedetrust.org
November 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I wrote the foreword for Runnymede's excellent report on Islamophobia, published today.
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
I was really pleased to contribute to this important report from Runnymede. The collection unpacks facets of structural Islamophobia,highlighting its expansiveness, and notes connections btwn UK’s role/stance re Palestine and its policing of Muslims at home.
www.runnymedetrust.org//publication...
www.runnymedetrust.org//publication...
Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK
Perspectives paper highlighting how Islamophobia is growing in the UK, and its structural nature across British society.
www.runnymedetrust.org
November 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
I was really pleased to contribute to this important report from Runnymede. The collection unpacks facets of structural Islamophobia,highlighting its expansiveness, and notes connections btwn UK’s role/stance re Palestine and its policing of Muslims at home.
www.runnymedetrust.org//publication...
www.runnymedetrust.org//publication...
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“Bleak and dystopian”
Shabna Begum of the Runnymede Trust talks on the occasion of the publication of important new report on UK Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
Shabna Begum of the Runnymede Trust talks on the occasion of the publication of important new report on UK Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
Muslims face ‘bleak and dystopian’ climate in UK, says head of thinktank
Shabna Begum says racist riots will return if Islamophobia continues being ‘an acceptable currency’ in politics
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:08 AM
“Bleak and dystopian”
Shabna Begum of the Runnymede Trust talks on the occasion of the publication of important new report on UK Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...
Shabna Begum of the Runnymede Trust talks on the occasion of the publication of important new report on UK Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...