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I received my PhD in Sociology of Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto in 1995 and my MEd in Counselling from the University of Ottawa in 1988.
Prior to joining Laurier, I was an assistant professor in Women Studies and Sociology at St. Francis Xavier University (1999-2002).
I have been interested in gender and Islam since 1990. More specifically, I have examined the lives of Muslim women in Canada, the Zina Ordinance in Pakistan and reading Hindi cinema. My current research project examines the struggles by khawaja sara (transgender) for human and sexual rights in Pakistan.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant, (2000-2003), Mediating the Zina Ordinance in Pakistan: A Canadian Re-Telling.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant, (2008-2011) South Asian Women’s Engagement with Bollywood Films in Canada and in Pakistan.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant, (2013-2015) Human and Sexual Rights of Khawaja Sara in Pakistan.
Books
2006
- Zina. Transnational Feminism and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women, Oxford University Press, reprinted book originally printed by University of British Columbia Press].
- Zina. Transnational Feminism and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
2002
- Aversion and Desire: Negotiating Muslim Female Identity in the Diaspora, Women’s Press, [Muslim Women: Crafting a North American Identity]
2000
- Muslim Women: Crafting A North American Identity, University Press of Florida.
Pamphlet
2001
- Gender, Religion, Sexuality and the State: Mediating the Hadood Laws in Pakistan, Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children Publication Series, 254 Pall Mall St. Suite 101, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5P6
Co-Edited Special Issue Journal
2008
- Islam and Cultural Politics, Special Issue, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Issue 19, Summer, 2008.
Chapters in Books
2014
- “Khamosh Pani: Reading Partition Muslim Masculinities and Femininities in an Age of Terror”, in Contested Imaginaries: Reading Muslim Women and Muslim Women Reading Back, edited by Lisa Taylor and Jasmin Zine, Routledge.
2012
- “Soft Power and Pakistani Viewers”, in Bollywood’s Soft Power: Across Five Continents, edited by Anjali Gera Roy, New Delhi: Sage: 2012: 125-143.
2011
- “From Rescue to Recognition: Rethinking the Afghan Conflict”, in Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings, edited by Susan Shaw and Janet Lee, 5th edition, Boston: McGraw Hill, (forthcoming), [re printed article originally published in Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies].
2010
- “Zina and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women”, in Judaism and Islam edited by Stephen Hunt, Ashgate Publishing [reprinted article originally published in Feminist Review].
- “Locating the Feminist Voice: The Debate on Zina Laws in Pakistan”, in Pakistani Women: Multiple Locations and Competing Narratives, (ed.) Sadaf Ahmad, Karachi: Oxford University Press, [reprinted article originally published in Feminist Studies].
2008
- “Afghan Women: The Limits of Colonial Rescue,”, in Feminism and War, (eds.) Chandra Mohanty, Minnie Bruce Pratt & Robin Riley, New York: Zed Press, 161-178.
2005
- “Imprisoned for Zina: Geopolitics and Women’s Narratives in Pakistan”, in Global Lockdown: Imprisoning Women, Engendering Resistance, Julia Sudbury (ed.) New York: Routledge, 87-102.
2002
- “The Space Beneath My Feet”, in Changing Identities: Reading and Writing Ourselves, (eds.) Stan Fogel & Lynette Thoman, Toronto: Women’s Press, pages 35-45 [reprinted from Aversion and Desire].
- “Muslim Women: Negotiations in the Third Space”, in Therese Saliba, Carolyn Allen, and Judith A. Howard (eds.), Gender, Politics and Islam, University of Chicago Press [reprinted article originally published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society], pages 305-336.
Encyclopedia Entries
Forthcoming
- “Khawaja sara, Hijra and Contemporary Workings of Queer Politics in Pakistan Sexual Citizenship: South Asia” The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Nancy Naples, Maithree Wickramasinghe, and Angela Wong Wai Ching (eds)
Refereed Journal Articles
2017
- Khan, S., “Khwaja sara, hijra and the Struggle for Rights in Pakistan”, Modern Asian Studies. Vol 51, Issue 5, September 2017, pg 1283-1310.
2016
- Khan, S., “What is in a Name: Khwaja Sara, Hijra and Eunuch in Pakistan?” Indian Journal of Gender Studies 23:2, 218-242.
- Khan, S., “Trans* Individuals and Normative Masculinity in British India and Contemporary Pakistan”, Hong Kong Law Journal, Vol 46:1, 9-30.
2014
- “The Two Faces of Afghan Women: Oppressed and Exotic”, Women Studies International, Issue 44, 2014: 101-109.
2013
- “Consumer Citizens and Troubling Desires: Reading Hindi Cinema in Pakistan”, in South Asian Film and Media Studies, Vol 3, Issue 2: 65-86.
2011
- “Complicated Pleasure of Hindi Cinema in Canada”, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, No 26, 47-68.
- “Recovering the Past in Jodhaa Akbar: Masculinities, Femininities and Cultural Politics in Bombay Cinema”, Feminist Review, Issue 99, 131-146.
2009
- “Floating on Silent Waters: Religion, Nationalism, and Dislocated Women”, in Khamosh Pani, Meridians: feminism race, transnationalism, Vol 9, No. 2, 130-152.
- “Reading Fanaa: Confrontational Views, Comforting Identifications and Undeniable Pleasures”, South Asian Popular Culture, Vol 7, No 2, 127-139.
- “Nationalism and Hindi Cinema Narrative Strategies in Fanaa”, Studies in South Asian Film and Media, No 1, 85-99.
2008
- “From Rescue to Recognition: Rethinking the Afghan Conflict”, Islam and Cultural Politics, Special Issue, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Issue 19, Summer, 2008: Pages 113-136.
2005
- “Re-configuring Native Informing in the Global Age,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol 30, No 4, 2017-2035.
2004
- “Locating the Feminist Voice: The Debate on Zina Laws in Pakistan”, Feminist Studies, Vol 30, No 3, 660-685.
2003
- “Zina and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women”, Feminist Review, Issue 75, pages 75-94.
2001
- “Performing the Native Informant: Doing Ethnography from the Margins”, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Vol 13.2, pages 266-284.
- “Between Here and There: Feminist Solidarity and Afghan Women”, Genders, Issue 33.
1998
- -“Muslim Women: Negotiations in the Third Space”, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, (23.2), pages 464-494.
1997
- “Situating Muslim Women’s Narratives”, Legal Studies Forum, Domestic Colonialism: An Occupation Thesis, (21:4), pages 407-442.
1995
- "Race, Gender and Orientalism: Muta and the Canadian Legal System”", Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, (8:1), pages 249-261. 1995
- "The Veil as a Site of Struggle: The Hejab in Quebec”", Canadian Woman Studies, Vol (15:2), pages 146-152.
1993
- "Canadian Muslim Women and Shari'a Law: A feminist response to “"Oh Canada"”, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, (6:1) January, pages 52-65.
1991
- "An analysis of influences shaping relations between the East Indians and the Anglo-Canadians in Canada from 1903-1947”", Journal of Ethnic Studies, 19:1, pages 101-116.
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Languages spoken: English, Urdu