Description
Join us for this engaging and thought-provoking discussion exploring the relationship between Islam, masculinity, and politics.
This event will delve into a new category of thought called ‘Alt-Wallah’ within the Islamicate, based around a supposed crisis of masculinity, the Alt Right, and Muslim men.
Our panel includes Dr Hizer Mir, co-author of ‘A “Crisis of Masculinity”?: The West’s Cultural Wars in the Emerging Muslim Manosphere’, and journalist and writer Hussein Kesvani, author of Follow Me Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims. Together they’ll explore this topic and the prevailing belief in some online communities of Muslim men that Muslim masculinity is in decline and in need of urgent support.
They will also examine the roots of this belief and the broader debates around gender, religion and identity in the Muslim community, and the ways in which it is shaped by larger social and political forces.
About the Speakers
Dr Hizer Mir
Hizer joined the University of Leeds in 2008 for his undergraduate degree and, with the exception of his Masters year, have been based at Leeds since. In 2021, Hizer became a Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. His interests include critical Muslim studies, religion and secularism, the alt right and popular culture.
Hussein Kesvani
Hussein Kesvani is a journalist and writer based in London. His first book, Follow Me Akhi: the online world of British Muslims, was long listed for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
About the Author
Yousra Samir Imran
Yousra Samir Imran is the author of semi-autobiographical novel Hijab and Red Lipstick, which was longlisted for The Diverse Book Awards in 2021. She is also a freelance journalist. Her bylines include The New Arab, Al Jazeera, The New York Times Magazine, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Stylist. Yousra is a commentator on contemporary issues in Muslim societies, gender justice in the Middle East and women’s rights in Islam.
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