Selcuk R Sirin: 2 books
Muslim Spaces of Hope
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. The increased mobilisation and scrutiny of Muslim...
Muslim American Youth
Understanding Hyphenated Identities through Multiple Methods
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2008
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent “war on terror,” growing up Muslim in the U.S. has become a far more challenging task for young people. They must contend with popular cultural representations of Muslim-men-as-terrorists and Muslim-women-as-oppressed, the suspicious...