Shakira Hussein
Writer and academic in multiculturalism @shakirahussein
Shakira Hussein is a writer and academic in multiculturalism and Muslim studies at the National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne.
Islamophobia may be more visible in modern Australia, but anti-Semitism is just as deeply entwined with the ideologies of the growing far-right. And it's becoming more common.
Disability advocates are calling for the royal commissioners to step aside, the Medicare levy to be reinstated and yes, to stop being used a political football.
We are what we eat — so as more and more restaurants close their doors, what does the increasingly bland state of British cuisine say about underlying attitudes?
As dangerous fringe groups move into the mainstream, a conversation needs to be had about media responsibility and how best to report on the far-right.
Women and girls are being held responsible for national and global demographics by under- and over-population scaremongers alike.
White fragility in Australia is looking particularly fragile at the moment on the back of a joke war.
Eulogies of Stephen Hawking miss the mark in understanding the pop icon and scientist's wheelchair.
The death of Jahangir, who was a champion of women and human rights, drew calls to continue her work from across Pakistani's ideological spectrum.
Hijabi fashion is here to stay, but The Australian didn't get the memo writes Shakira Hussein.
It's hard to come up with the perfect come-back when you're accosted by racists like Sam Dastyari was. But it's what happens next that is more important.
