I'm a PhD candidate in Communication and Culture in the joint program between Ryerson University and York University.
My research interests are Muslim audiences and Muslim superheroes.
My dissertation research was an audience study of young adult Muslim perspectives on the emerging Muslim superhero archetype.
I have published in the Popular Culture Studies Journal, Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, and Word Hoard.
As a researcher of Muslim superheroes, I’ve learned about the many ways Islamophobia manifests. Because Islam is racialized in the west, Arab Christians, Hindus and Sikhs have been implicated in Islamophobic political discourses, making them victims of Islamophobia.
Amid the stress of a rising second wave of COVID-19, comic book fans found something to celebrate this September. Marvel Studios announced the casting of its first on-screen Muslim superhero, Kamala Khan, the alter-ego of Ms. Marvel.
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