Research Papers & Articles

The One Where I Meet The Ku Klux Klan- Alabama

Roxana
*All names have been changed * This interview occurred before the Trump presidency. It’s 5pm on an April afternoon and somewhere in deep Alabama I’m being driven into the woods by the Ku Klux Klan. Two ‘Loyal White Knights of the Klan’ are clad in all-black. They are my guards. My eyes have seen the glory…
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How Rock n Roll Celebrates and Idolises Abusive Rock Stars

Roxana
Just like there was a code of silence in Hollywood regarding Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse and harassment, just like there has been a code of silence within the catholic priesthood when it comes to child rape, there is a code of silence in the rock ‘n’ roll world when it comes to rock stars who abuse…
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Sex, death and hymens in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Roxana
At the foot of Sabalan mountain, in Northern Iran, deep in the valley, by the famous ski resort, is a bubbling mineral hot spring gushing calcium, potassium and us. Tonight under the stars, we all sink into the natural hot waters, aching joints melting in the thick soup of the water that fizzles on our skin.…
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HOW THE LEFT ARE ENSURING THAT THE MIDDLE EASTERN WOMAN REMAINS THE ‘OTHER’ BY UTILIZING HER AS SINGULAR MONOLITHIC OBJECT IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA AND BY SILENCING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES.

Roxana
HOW THE LEFT ARE ENSURING THAT THE MIDDLE EASTERN WOMAN REMAINS THE ‘OTHER’ BY UTILIZING HER AS SINGULAR MONOLITHIC OBJECT IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA AND BY SILENCING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES. ‘The process of Othering has everything to do with knowledge, and power acting through knowledge to achieve a particular political agenda in…
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