Huma Saeed
Biographic Data
| ID | 4492602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Huma Saeed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Huma |
| FAMILY NAME | Saeed |
| SIGNATURE | SAEED H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Criminology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9467-9496 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Harm
When Rabbits are in Charge of Carrots
Afghanistan constitutes a good example of how the absence of transitional justice measures leads human rights violators of past regimes to remain in positions of power with impunity and to continue to engage in other forms of crimes. In particular, this article focuses on land grabbing as a form of economic-state crime in the country. Relying on data gathered from fieldwork in Kabul in 2013 and 2014, we illustrate that economic crime, which is in…
Empowering Unheard Voices through 'Theatre of the Oppressed
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan helped create an image of Afghan women existing simply behind the burqa—a voiceless victim needing outsiders to rescue her. A review of western media reporting, campaigns and books and articles written about Afghan women illustrates an overwhelming tendency to exemplify—or symbolize— Afghan women with images of them dressed in the pleated blue burqa. This was particularly obvious right after the events of 11 Sept…
Victims and Victimhood
1 The question of victims and victimhood is a rarely addressed dilemma in transitional justice (TJ) discourse and practice. It is a complex and subjective term whose meaning seems to lie in the eye of the beholder. The concept is further complicated in multilayered political contexts that have had many regime changes. Given that the term is embedded in a country’s cultural, economic and social context, it is thus also political. The bigger questi…
Victims and Victimhood
1 The question of victims and victimhood is a rarely addressed dilemma in transitional justice (TJ) discourse and practice. It is a complex and subjective term whose meaning seems to lie in the eye of the beholder. The concept is further complicated in multilayered political contexts that have had many regime changes. Given that the term is embedded in a country’s cultural, economic and social context, it is thus also political. The bigger questi…
Empowering Unheard Voices through 'Theatre of the Oppressed
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan helped create an image of Afghan women existing simply behind the burqa—a voiceless victim needing outsiders to rescue her. A review of western media reporting, campaigns and books and articles written about Afghan women illustrates an overwhelming tendency to exemplify—or symbolize— Afghan women with images of them dressed in the pleated blue burqa. This was particularly obvious right after the events of 11 Sept…
Victims and Victimhood
1 The question of victims and victimhood is a rarely addressed dilemma in transitional justice (TJ) discourse and practice. It is a complex and subjective term whose meaning seems to lie in the eye of the beholder. The concept is further complicated in multilayered political contexts that have had many regime changes. Given that the term is embedded in a country’s cultural, economic and social context, it is thus also political. The bigger questi…
When Rabbits are in Charge of Carrots
Afghanistan constitutes a good example of how the absence of transitional justice measures leads human rights violators of past regimes to remain in positions of power with impunity and to continue to engage in other forms of crimes. In particular, this article focuses on land grabbing as a form of economic-state crime in the country. Relying on data gathered from fieldwork in Kabul in 2013 and 2014, we illustrate that economic crime, which is in…
Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Harm
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 works) · Transitional justice (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Community Health and Development (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)