Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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Syria’s Sect-coded Conflict: From Hezbollah’s Top-down Instrumentalization of Sectarian Identity to Its Candid Geopolitical Confrontation
(SAGE Publications, 9 April 2021)This article surveys Hezbollah’s sectarian mobilization to justify its early engagement in Syria’s civil war for what was an intervention in a geopolitical confrontation to implement its agenda in coordination with its ... -
Non-Violent Resistance in Iranian Kurdistan After 1979
(Center for Ethnic and Cultural Studies (CECS) Publishing Inc., 18 December 2019)This paper sheds light on the significance of the 1979 Iranian Revolution for the Iranian Kurdish movement, arguing that the Revolution provided Iranian Kurds with multifaceted opportunities as well as challenges. In the ... -
The Gains and Risks of Kurdish Civic Activism in Iran
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Kurdish insurgency in Rojhelat: from Rasan to the Oslo Negotiations
(Routledge, 3 May 2021)This article sheds light on recent political developments in Rojhelat (Eastern/Iranian Kurdistan), focusing on the activities of Rojhelat’s leading political parties. This study argues that the existing situation in the ... -
From Road to Path: The Symbolic Roles of Islam Amongst South London Gangs
(Taylor & Francis / Specialist Group on Ethnopolitics / Association for the Study of Nationalities, 4 December 2020)Two different understandings of the symbolic repertoire of Islam for young British gang members have been used in this article. Islam was used to justify participation in gang life, a function of rationalisation and ...