Amina Yaqin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amina Yaqin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amina |
| FAMILY NAME | Yaqin |
| SIGNATURE | YAQIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5641-5211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Salman Rushdie in Context
Remembering Sara Suleri
Partition and its echoes in Karachi
This article, shaped as a conversation between a scholar and an artist, critically examines the mapping of the lived experience of Karachi after Partition through a discussion of the poetic journey of the feminist activist Fahmida Riaz and urban planner and architect Perween Rahman. 1 These two activists were directly affected by the Partition, albeit in different ways, and it is through their creative practice that we try to understand the haunt…
Necropolitical Trauma in Kamila Shamsie’s Fiction
Kamila Shamsie was born in Karachi, lives in London, and has a strong affinity to the United States, having studied at Hamilton College and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of six novels, each shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize; in 2018 she won the London Hellenic Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.11 For further information about prizes, see the entry on Kamila Shamsie on The Royal Society of Literatur…
Contesting Islamophobia
Queer Muslim diasporas in contemporary literature and film
This book explores representations of queer migrant Muslims in international literature and film from the 1980s to the present. It brings together a variety of contemporary writers and filmmakers of Muslim heritage engaged in vindicating same-sex desire from several Western locations. The book approaches queer Muslims as figures forced to negotiate their identities according to the expectations of the West and of their migrant Muslim communities.…
Contesting Islamophobia
Islamophobia is one of the most prevalent forms of prejudice in the world today. The rhetoric of populist politicians declares Islam a menace to Western culture, surveillance by state agencies increases exponentially and rhetoric about immigration hardens, legitimising the harassment and violent attacks that Muslim communities often suffer. This book reveals the way in which Islamophobia’s pervasive power is everywhere being met with responses wh…
La convivencia,la mezquitaand al-Andalus
This article offers a critical close reading of the Urdu poet philosopher Muhammad Iqbal’s poem “Masjid-e Qurtaba” (The Mosque of Cordoba), written in 1933 when the poet travelled to Spain. He was officially invited there to pray, a unique occurrence since the mosque’s conversion into a cathedral. The poem is illustrative of the period known as al-Andalus, celebrated for its cross-cultural spirit of la convivencia (coexistence) under the sovereig…
Nadeem Aslam in Conversation
Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan in 1966 and moved to the UK as a teenager, his family settling in Huddersfield. He studied Biochemistry at the University of Manchester, but left to become a write
Framing Muslims
Can Muslims ever fully be citizens of the West? Can the values of Islam ever be brought into accord with the individual freedoms central to the civic identity of Western nations? Not if you believe what you see on TV. Whether the bearded fanatic, the veiled, oppressed female, or the shadowy terrorist plotting our destruction, crude stereotypes permeate public representations of Muslims in the United States and western Europe. But these "Muslims" …
Inside the Harem, Outside the Nation
Since 9/11, Muslims in the West have been repeatedly exposed to questions from various quarters about their supposed conflicting allegiances: first to the secular law of the nation-states in which they are resident, and secondly to ‘international’ Islamic or shariah law. The subjectivity of the Muslim community has been heightened by intensive media attention which frames their representation within the current context of the international war ag…
Muslims in the Frame
Mohsin Hamid in Conversation
Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. He received his higher education at Princeton University and Harvard Law School in the United States. He worked for several years in Management Consultancy
Truth, Fiction and Autobiography in the Modern Urdu Narrative Tradition
From its various beginnings in the nineteenth century and ever since the rise of print capitalism on the Indian subcontinent, the Urdu novel has become a prime medium of expression for writers seeking to fuse the narrative traditions of both the East and the West. As a hybrid genre which took shape during the nineteenth century, the Urdu novel's early beginnings were associated with the theme of historical romance; this eventually gave way to the…
Islamic Barbie
This article explores the significance of a new Muslim lifestyle doll called Razanne who is being marketed over the internet as a role model for Muslim girls living in the West. While the doll is presented as an alternative to hedonistic Barbie, it bears a striking resemblance to her and participates in the same consumer culture. In contrast to Barbie, Razanne's sexuality is downplayed and she has a headscarf (hijab) and full-length coat (jilbab)…
Islamic Barbie
This article explores the significance of a new Muslim lifestyle doll called Razanne who is being marketed over the internet as a role model for Muslim girls living in the West. While the doll is presented as an alternative to hedonistic Barbie, it bears a striking resemblance to her and participates in the same consumer culture. In contrast to Barbie, Razanne's sexuality is downplayed and she has a headscarf (hijab) and full-length coat (jilbab)…
Muslims in the Frame
Mohsin Hamid in Conversation
Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. He received his higher education at Princeton University and Harvard Law School in the United States. He worked for several years in Management Consultancy
Necropolitical Trauma in Kamila Shamsie’s Fiction
Kamila Shamsie was born in Karachi, lives in London, and has a strong affinity to the United States, having studied at Hamilton College and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of six novels, each shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize; in 2018 she won the London Hellenic Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.11 For further information about prizes, see the entry on Kamila Shamsie on The Royal Society of Literatur…
Nadeem Aslam in Conversation
Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan in 1966 and moved to the UK as a teenager, his family settling in Huddersfield. He studied Biochemistry at the University of Manchester, but left to become a write
Truth, Fiction and Autobiography in the Modern Urdu Narrative Tradition
From its various beginnings in the nineteenth century and ever since the rise of print capitalism on the Indian subcontinent, the Urdu novel has become a prime medium of expression for writers seeking to fuse the narrative traditions of both the East and the West. As a hybrid genre which took shape during the nineteenth century, the Urdu novel's early beginnings were associated with the theme of historical romance; this eventually gave way to the…
Islamic Barbie
This article explores the significance of a new Muslim lifestyle doll called Razanne who is being marketed over the internet as a role model for Muslim girls living in the West. While the doll is presented as an alternative to hedonistic Barbie, it bears a striking resemblance to her and participates in the same consumer culture. In contrast to Barbie, Razanne's sexuality is downplayed and she has a headscarf (hijab) and full-length coat (jilbab)…
Mohsin Hamid in Conversation
Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. He received his higher education at Princeton University and Harvard Law School in the United States. He worked for several years in Management Consultancy
Inside the Harem, Outside the Nation
Since 9/11, Muslims in the West have been repeatedly exposed to questions from various quarters about their supposed conflicting allegiances: first to the secular law of the nation-states in which they are resident, and secondly to ‘international’ Islamic or shariah law. The subjectivity of the Muslim community has been heightened by intensive media attention which frames their representation within the current context of the international war ag…
Muslims in the Frame
Framing Muslims
Can Muslims ever fully be citizens of the West? Can the values of Islam ever be brought into accord with the individual freedoms central to the civic identity of Western nations? Not if you believe what you see on TV. Whether the bearded fanatic, the veiled, oppressed female, or the shadowy terrorist plotting our destruction, crude stereotypes permeate public representations of Muslims in the United States and western Europe. But these "Muslims" …
Nadeem Aslam in Conversation
Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan in 1966 and moved to the UK as a teenager, his family settling in Huddersfield. He studied Biochemistry at the University of Manchester, but left to become a write
Contesting Islamophobia
Islamophobia is one of the most prevalent forms of prejudice in the world today. The rhetoric of populist politicians declares Islam a menace to Western culture, surveillance by state agencies increases exponentially and rhetoric about immigration hardens, legitimising the harassment and violent attacks that Muslim communities often suffer. This book reveals the way in which Islamophobia’s pervasive power is everywhere being met with responses wh…
La convivencia,la mezquitaand al-Andalus
This article offers a critical close reading of the Urdu poet philosopher Muhammad Iqbal’s poem “Masjid-e Qurtaba” (The Mosque of Cordoba), written in 1933 when the poet travelled to Spain. He was officially invited there to pray, a unique occurrence since the mosque’s conversion into a cathedral. The poem is illustrative of the period known as al-Andalus, celebrated for its cross-cultural spirit of la convivencia (coexistence) under the sovereig…
Queer Muslim diasporas in contemporary literature and film
This book explores representations of queer migrant Muslims in international literature and film from the 1980s to the present. It brings together a variety of contemporary writers and filmmakers of Muslim heritage engaged in vindicating same-sex desire from several Western locations. The book approaches queer Muslims as figures forced to negotiate their identities according to the expectations of the West and of their migrant Muslim communities.…
Necropolitical Trauma in Kamila Shamsie’s Fiction
Kamila Shamsie was born in Karachi, lives in London, and has a strong affinity to the United States, having studied at Hamilton College and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of six novels, each shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize; in 2018 she won the London Hellenic Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.11 For further information about prizes, see the entry on Kamila Shamsie on The Royal Society of Literatur…
Contesting Islamophobia
Partition and its echoes in Karachi
This article, shaped as a conversation between a scholar and an artist, critically examines the mapping of the lived experience of Karachi after Partition through a discussion of the poetic journey of the feminist activist Fahmida Riaz and urban planner and architect Perween Rahman. 1 These two activists were directly affected by the Partition, albeit in different ways, and it is through their creative practice that we try to understand the haunt…
Salman Rushdie in Context
Remembering Sara Suleri
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