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Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco 1

Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco

The suicide of the 16-year-old Amina Filali from Larache, who presumably was forced to marry her rapist, gave Nadir Bouhmouch the idea to use her story as the main topic for a documentary about women’s rights in his country of birth: 475 – When Marriage Becomes Punishment.

European Sexual Nationalisms: The Culturalization of Citizenship and the Sexual Politics of Belonging and Exclusion 1

European Sexual Nationalisms: The Culturalization of Citizenship and the Sexual Politics of Belonging and Exclusion

In this contribution Paul Mepschen and Jan-Willem Duyvendak argue that representations of gay emancipation are mobilized to shape narratives in which Muslims are framed as non-modern subjects, which best be understood in relation to the ‘culturalization of citizenship’ and the rise of Islamophobia in Europe.

Citizenship Carnival: What is Integration? 1

Citizenship Carnival: What is Integration?

In this blog Nadia Fadil problematizes the concern of researchers with integration – to take it as a point of departure in order to understand the different connotations it invokes and imaginaries it touches upon. For more than simply figuring as a neutral analytical category, the term integration is also a highly contested and controversial concept – one that has been challenged and disputed.