Samir Sweida-Metwally
Biographic Data
| ID | 941412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samir Sweida-Metwally |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samir |
| FAMILY NAME | Sweida-Metwally |
| SIGNATURE | SWEIDA-METWALLY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University Abu Dhabi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6509-6184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Islamophobia
This paper analyzes the ideological function of Islamophobia in contemporary structures of genocidal violence, focusing on Israel’s attack on Gaza that began in October 2023. Drawing on scholarship framing Islamophobia as a structural feature of Western imperial formations, the article argues that Islamophobic discourse serves as the discursive apparatus through which Israel’s genocide is rendered legible. Analyzing political speeches and officia…
Beyond racism
This paper challenges the prevailing Western framing of Islamophobia as primarily a form of racism. It argues that an overemphasis on a racial framing diminishes the significance of hostility toward Islam as a religion in our understanding of Islamophobia. Although anti-Muslim racism is undoubtedly an important facet of Islamophobia, empirical research shows that hostility toward Islam as a religion functions as a distinct yet interrelated phenom…
French Islamophobia
For over two decades, France's Muslim population has faced a series of legal measures and hostile public narratives aimed at problematizing their faith. Notable examples include the 2004 national ban on "ostentatious religious symbols" in state schools, which prohibits obligatory religious dress in various settings. These individual instances are compounded by more recent broader policies, decisions, laws, and executive statements that negatively…
Does the Muslim penalty in the British labour market dissipate after accounting for so-called “sociocultural attitudes”
Using multilevel modelling, this paper investigates ethno-religious penalties in unemployment and inactivity among men and women using the Understanding Society survey. The paper confirms previous findings of a Muslim penalty and a British labour market hierarchized by colour (ethnicity) and religion (culture). However, by including a greater range of ethnic groups the paper provides a corrective to accounts in the sociological literature that be…
Beyond racism
This paper challenges the prevailing Western framing of Islamophobia as primarily a form of racism. It argues that an overemphasis on a racial framing diminishes the significance of hostility toward Islam as a religion in our understanding of Islamophobia. Although anti-Muslim racism is undoubtedly an important facet of Islamophobia, empirical research shows that hostility toward Islam as a religion functions as a distinct yet interrelated phenom…
French Islamophobia
For over two decades, France's Muslim population has faced a series of legal measures and hostile public narratives aimed at problematizing their faith. Notable examples include the 2004 national ban on "ostentatious religious symbols" in state schools, which prohibits obligatory religious dress in various settings. These individual instances are compounded by more recent broader policies, decisions, laws, and executive statements that negatively…
Does the Muslim penalty in the British labour market dissipate after accounting for so-called “sociocultural attitudes”
Using multilevel modelling, this paper investigates ethno-religious penalties in unemployment and inactivity among men and women using the Understanding Society survey. The paper confirms previous findings of a Muslim penalty and a British labour market hierarchized by colour (ethnicity) and religion (culture). However, by including a greater range of ethnic groups the paper provides a corrective to accounts in the sociological literature that be…
Islamophobia
This paper analyzes the ideological function of Islamophobia in contemporary structures of genocidal violence, focusing on Israel’s attack on Gaza that began in October 2023. Drawing on scholarship framing Islamophobia as a structural feature of Western imperial formations, the article argues that Islamophobic discourse serves as the discursive apparatus through which Israel’s genocide is rendered legible. Analyzing political speeches and officia…
Beyond racism
This paper challenges the prevailing Western framing of Islamophobia as primarily a form of racism. It argues that an overemphasis on a racial framing diminishes the significance of hostility toward Islam as a religion in our understanding of Islamophobia. Although anti-Muslim racism is undoubtedly an important facet of Islamophobia, empirical research shows that hostility toward Islam as a religion functions as a distinct yet interrelated phenom…
French Islamophobia
For over two decades, France's Muslim population has faced a series of legal measures and hostile public narratives aimed at problematizing their faith. Notable examples include the 2004 national ban on "ostentatious religious symbols" in state schools, which prohibits obligatory religious dress in various settings. These individual instances are compounded by more recent broader policies, decisions, laws, and executive statements that negatively…
Islamophobia (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Accounting (1 work) · Accounting (1 work) · Agricultural and Environmental Management (1 work)