Book Discussion: Islamophobia and Securitization. Religion, Ethnicity and the Female Voice

Tania Saeed

Dr. Tania Saeed will be speaking about her book "Islamophobia and Securitization. Religion, Ethnicity and the Female Voice" that explores everyday realities of young Muslim women in Britain, who are portrayed as antithetical to the British way of life in media and political discourse. The book captures how geo-political events, and national tragedies continue to implicate individuals and communities at the domestic and local level, communities that have no connection to such tragedies and events, other than being associated with a religio-ethnic identity. Saeed shows how Muslim women are caught within the oxymoronic spectrum of the vulnerable-fanatic, always perceived to be ‘at risk’ of being 'radicalized'. Focusing on educated Muslim females, the book explores experiences of Islamophobia and securitization inside and outside educational institutions, and highlights individual and group acts of resistance through dialogue, with Muslim women challenging the metanarrative of insecurity and suspicion that plagues their everyday existence in Britain.

Dr Tania Saeed is an Assistant Professor in the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS)at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, LUMS, Pakistan. She read for a DPhil in Education at the University of Oxford, and an MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.