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Introduction
Anoosh Soltani holds a Ph.D from the School of Geography, Tourism and Environmental Planning, The University of Waikato. Anoosh does research in Cultural and social Geography. Her PhD project entitles 'The Affectual and Emotional Geographies of Muslim Women in Waikato Region of Aotearoa New Zealand'.
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October 2014 - October 2019
March 2014 - August 2014
January 2014 - present
Initiative for Equality
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- Data collector and analyst
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Academic and policy research point to the low participation rate of Muslim women in leisure and physical activities in several Western nations and often linked the issue to their gendered subordination to patriarchal Islamic guidelines. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews, online observation and self-directed photography, I challenge this view...
Recent reports by Amnesty International and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation indicate that Muslims are long-standing victims of prejudice in the West. Today, the prevalence of Islamophobia in Western societies is a mounting concern globally. Muslim women, however, face perhaps the greatest challenges of the Muslim population due to multiple...
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Affectual geographies and discourses
I am working with a minority group in a small city. In this context, keeping anonymity is difficult while using life stories of participants. I am wondering if it is ethical to give two pseudo-names to one respondent because in a way it increases the number of respondents.