Dr Khadijah Elshayyal

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Dr Khadijah Elshayyal is an Associate Fellow at the Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh specialising in contemporary British Muslim history, a researcher at the Influencing Corridors of Power (ICOP) project at SOAS and is currently General Secretary of the Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN). Her research interests lie in the political and cultural activism, advocacy and representation of Muslims and other minorities in the UK. Her publications include Muslim Identity Politics: Islam, activism and equality in Britain (IB Tauris, 2020) and Scottish Muslims in Numbers: understanding Scotland’s Muslims through the 2011 Census (University of Edinburgh, 2016).