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The Affective Afterlife of the “Smelly Immigrant” Trope: Contested Scents, “Race,” and Olfactory Contact Zones in Berlin

City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
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Tales of “Good Indian Hair”: Race, Value, and Sensory Contact Zones in Afro‐Asian Delhi

City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Hair, as a sociocultural bodily signifier, also becomes, once disembodied, a highly globalized and specialized commodity used for weaves, extensions, wigs and toupees around the globe. “Indian” hair is particularly valued in such commodity chains.
Bani Gill
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Barriers to Female Participation in Physical Activity in Pakistan: A Feminist Sport Theory Perspective. [PDF]

Int J Womens Health
Laar RA, Liu R, Zhang Q.
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From Housing to Infrastructure of Racialisation: The Politics of Caste in Smart Housing Interventions in India

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper conceptualises housing as an infrastructure of racialisation in smart cities. With smart urbanism becoming central to urban governance, housing is emerging as a new geography of technological interventions in India. I argue that these interventions are central to the reproduction of unequal power relations and difference in everyday
Syeda Jenifa Zahan
wiley   +1 more source

Are Islamic banks in Malaysia really ‘Islamic’? [PDF]

Understanding the underlying wisdom of the origin of Muamalat could clear some misconceptions towards Islamic banks in Malaysia. These misconceptions arise when we talk about transformation from conventional bank to Islamic bank.
Eddy Yusof, Ezry Fahmy
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Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism

, 2008
The Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism has been announced by Junta Islàmica Catalana (Catalonian Islamic Board) and will take place in Barcelona, 24th-27th October 2008. The Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism will focus on the
Mériam Cheikh
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Transformative justice approaches to domestic, family, and sexual violence: a scoping review. [PDF]

Harm Reduct J
Lane J, Kirwan A, Storey N, Sutherland G, Stoove M.   +4 more
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FEMINISM IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD

When feminism is first introduced, a question comes up: What is feminism? Feminism is both a social and political movement which aimed at achieving social, political, and economic equality for all genders. It largely originated in the West. However, many people do not know the full history of feminism and how it can be connected to the Islamic world ...
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Strategic (De)racing: Middle‐Class Women Entrepreneurs Negotiating Visibility in the Business of Beauty in Canada

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 2560-2579, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how middle‐class women beauty entrepreneurs negotiate belonging at the intersection of gender, race, and class. Building on in‐depth qualitative interviews with women owners of Canadian beauty brands as well as analysis of social media content created by these local stores, I highlight racial and political structures ...
Sepideh Borzoo
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Feminism in postmodern society: an Islamic perspective

, 2005
In this research, an attempt is made to focus on the real nature of the challenges of postmodern feminism and its implications on not only Muslim women but also on the family and society at large.
Uthman, I. O.
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