I am a scholar exploring inclusive and liberatory Muslim discourses, practices, and communities within the context of securitisation and Islamophobia in the UK. My research focuses on both the ways progressive and inclusive faith-based (Islamic) approaches can be co-opted within broader projects of state securitisation and carceral politics as well as the ways these faith-based perspectives can challenge such politics through abolitionist and restorative justice approaches. This work highlights feminist and queer Muslim organising as well as broader Muslim movements focused on an intersectional approach to inter- and intra-community inclusion.
I received a DPhil in social anthropology from the University of Oxford and did my MPhil at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge scholarship recipient . I was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University where I completed a master’s degree in clinical psychology. I attained a BSc. (Hons.) degree in Social Sciences from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). I advocated for inclusive mental health approaches as an intern with the American Psychological Association (APA) at the United Nations. I have interdisciplinary experience with teaching, or lecturing within, courses ranging from sociology, psychology, political science, and anthropology in universities in Pakistan (LUMS and FCCU) and the UK (SOAS, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Oxford).