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Although we are still recovering from #anthroislam, today we start a brand new thematic week – call us crazy if you like! This week…
Read MoreAlthough we are still recovering from #anthroislam, today we start a brand new thematic week – call us crazy if you like! This week…
Read MoreThe garment before your eyes is called ‘Strude’. I discovered its existence in 2010, while conducting research in Denmark on controversies around Islam that…
Read MoreIn the context of our first thematic week on the anthropology of Islam (follow us on #ANTHROISLAM), Allegra compiled specially for you, dear…
Read MoreA group of British Muslims recently produced a video based on Pharrell William’s song #Happy depicting them dancing in the streets of (essentially) London, on…
Read MoreTo continue our #ANTHROISLAM week, today we offer you a list of classic reading – classic not necessarily as in ‘old’ but as in…
Read MoreIn the context of its thematic week on the anthropology of Islam, Allegra met Islamologist Baudouin Dupret for a virtual interview. He shares…
Read MoreDead serious or pink and fluffy; the ultimate oppressed ‘Other’ or wordly modern citizen and consumer? Talk and visions of Islam and Muslims remain…
Read MoreA month and some ago I shared thoughts on the ‘Global Happiness Inc’ formed around the #HAPPY videos created for the tune by Will…
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