Racism, Islamophobia & the Rise of Nationalism in the COVID-19 Era

Monday, May 18th 2020

Join a one day virtual conference as scholars provide analysis at this crisis moment around the globe. Presented by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at UCB led by Dr. Hatem Bazian and co-sposored by the GTU's Center for Islamic Studies.

Speakers include:

  • Dalia Fahmy - COVID-19 and the Rise of Islamophobia During the 2020 Election Cycle
  • Umar Misgar - Pandemics in Kashmir: From Occupation to COVID-19
  • Munir Jiwa - Founding Director, GTU's Center for Islamic Studies
  • Farhan Mujahid Chak - Hindutva Islamophobia, Kashmir and the Coronavirus
  • Ibrahim Bechrouri - A Formatted Framework: How the War on Terror Paradigm is Shaping the Conversation and Response to COVID-19
  • Narzanin Massoumi - Islamophobia: Racism, Social Movements & the State in the COVID-19 Era

Additional talks by Farid Hafez, Hatem Bazian, Elsadig Elsheikh, Nancy A. Khalil, Hind Makki, Robert Beshara, S. Chan Malik, and Maha Hilal.

Watch live at https://www.facebook.com/iphobiacenter