Dr Ibtihal Ramadan

Ibtihal is a CARA postdoc fellow. Her current research is examining the expereinces of Muslim academics, working in AHSS disciplines,  at UK universities regarding  producing knowledge that attemmpts to critically challenge the discourse  that  continue to problematise the Muslim presence in the West and beyond, which is impacted by the old orientalist tropes and tained by a ‘War on Terror’ political rhetoric.

This reseearch chimes with Decolonising the Curriculum movement, through providing the Muslims’ perspectives in relation to the curricula. her PhD research axamined the daily experiences of Muslim academics at UK universities; the findings showed that day-to-day racism and Islamophobic microagressions have been part of their experiences. She is currently a member of the steering group of Ad-HE project on Tackling racism on Campus.