Book Reviews by Faria A Nasruddin
Al Raida Journal, 2020
Western policy discourse uses girls’ education as a marker of modernity. Countless nongovernmenta... more Western policy discourse uses girls’ education as a marker of modernity. Countless nongovernmental organizations across the policy sphere, such as the Malala Fund, promote girls’ education as a catchall solution for countering extremism and developing the Global South. In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects, Shenila Khoja-Moolji problematizes this discourse by locating it within a colonial framework that views women and girls as neither subjects nor objects of reform, but as symbolic proxies for their brown and black communities. While she opens with a discussion of neoliberal and colonial actors, Khoja identifies women’s and girls’ education as a discursive space where a wide range of actors promoted their social projects throughout 20th century. She builds on scholarship about colonial and Western discourses on Muslim women by focusing on debates internal to Muslim society, tracking how transnational, state, and local forces have intertwined to produce female subjectivities—citizen subjects, gendered subjects, worker subjects, and religious subjects—in British India and present-day Pakistan.
Public Scholarship by Faria A Nasruddin
ALiGN Blog, 2021
Since its advent in the twentieth century, broadcast media – television and radio – have been the... more Since its advent in the twentieth century, broadcast media – television and radio – have been the most popular forms of communication and entertainment. Worldwide, according to Zenith’s Media Consumption Forecasts, we watch an average, of 167 minutes of TV each day, and TV is likely to remain the most popular form of media in the years to come. In rural areas, particularly in low-income countries, without access to TV, radio dominates: in 2012, 75% of households in low-income countries had access to radio.
Although the 21st century has been dubbed the ‘digital age’, broadcast media still have a massive influence on our lives. From advertising, public service announcements and breaking news to soap operas, broadcast media shape opinions, tastes and attitudes by selecting information and constructing stories and images for public consumption. This raises a question: if broadcast media can do all this, can it also change gender norms?
Papers by Faria A Nasruddin
This project would not have been possible without tremendous help. I am eternally grateful for ha... more This project would not have been possible without tremendous help. I am eternally grateful for having the support of professors, librarians, and others. Firstly, this project would not have been possible without the course "The Global Caribbean" at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Imaobong Umoren introduced me to Caribbean history; our class discussions of indentured labor, the African diaspora, Caribbean feminism, and especially the Moyne Commission provided the essential foundation for me to continue to learn and investigate my own questions about the region.
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Book Reviews by Faria A Nasruddin
Public Scholarship by Faria A Nasruddin
Although the 21st century has been dubbed the ‘digital age’, broadcast media still have a massive influence on our lives. From advertising, public service announcements and breaking news to soap operas, broadcast media shape opinions, tastes and attitudes by selecting information and constructing stories and images for public consumption. This raises a question: if broadcast media can do all this, can it also change gender norms?
Papers by Faria A Nasruddin
Although the 21st century has been dubbed the ‘digital age’, broadcast media still have a massive influence on our lives. From advertising, public service announcements and breaking news to soap operas, broadcast media shape opinions, tastes and attitudes by selecting information and constructing stories and images for public consumption. This raises a question: if broadcast media can do all this, can it also change gender norms?