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Dr Amina Easat-Daas earned her PhD at Aston University, Birmingham, UK and studied Muslim women’s political participation in France and Belgium. Prior to this she completed her MA in Modern Languages and Humanities and also her BA in Psychology and Modern Languages at the University of Leicester.

Dr Easat-Daas in a Senior Lecturer in Politics, where she has module and module and programme leadership experience. She is also the Instutitute Head of Research Students for the Institute of Global Challenges and Cultures. 

Her recent publications include the co-edited Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia (2024) her monograph Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium (2020) and the edited volume Countering Islamophobia in Europe (2019). Dr Easat-Daas’ wider research interests include the study of UK, French and Belgian politics, decolonising politics, Islam and Muslimness in the UK, France and Belgium, gendered Islamophobia and countering Islamophobia in Europe.

In her capacity as an emerging Islamophobia studies specialist, she has been invited and has presented her research findings to the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the Carter Center (USA), and the OSCE-ODIHR among others and has appeared on national and international media on numerous occasions to discuss Muslim current affairs and politics.

Institute of Global Challenges and Cultures (IGCC)

Stephen Lawrence Research Centre (SLRC)

Easat-Daas, A. (2025) Gender, Islamophobia and Romaphobia: Intersectional Insights, in Kostić, I. E & Muhič Dizdarevič, S. (eds) Roma In Central and Southeastern Europe: Navigating Muslim Identities, Challenges and Activism. Prague: Charles University Press, pp. 93 -110.

Easat-Daas, A. (2024). ‘The Left, Liberalism and Gendered Islamophobia in France and Belgium’, in Easat-Daas, A & Zempi, I. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp, 271 – 290.

Easat-Daas, A. & Zempi, I. (2024) The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia.  Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Named contributing author to ECCAR (2023) The ECCAR Guidebook on Local Actions against Anti-Muslim Racism. European Coalition of Cities against Racism.  

Zempi, I. & Easat-Daas, A. (2022) The hijab is not a symbol of gender oppression – but those who choose to wear it risk Islamophobia [Online].The Conversation. Available:

Easat-Daas, A., (2021) ‘Misogyny, Islamophobia and Hate Crime: Muslim Women’s Experiences and Responses’, in Zempi, I. & Smith, J. (eds.) Misogyny as Hate Crime. New York: Routledge, pp. 140-154.

Easat-Daas, A., (2020) Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Easat-Daas, A. (2019) ‘State, Religion and Muslims: Between Discrimation and Protection at the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Levels – A Case Study of France’, in Saral, M. and Bahcecik, S. O. (eds.) State, Religion and Muslims Leiden: Brill, pp. 197 – 248.

Law, I., Easat-Daas, A., Merali, A. & Sayyid, S., (2019) Countering Islamophobia in Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Easat-Daas, A. (2019) ‘Gendered Dimensions of Islamophobia in Belgium’, in Awan, I. and Zempi, I.  (eds) Key Readings in Islamophobia. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 123 – 134.

Law, I., Easat-Daas, A., Sayyid. S. (2018) Counter-Islamophobia Kit: Briefing Paper and Toolkit of Counter-Narratives to Islamophobia, Leeds: University of Leeds.

Yardim, M. & Easat-Daas, A., (2018) ‘Islamophobia in Satirical Magazines: A Comparative Case Study of Penguen in Turkey and Charlie Hebdo in France’, in Bayrakli, E. & Hafez, F. (eds) Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 93 – 106.

Easat-Daas, A. (2018) Toward a Counter-Islamophobia Toolkit: Drawing on Best-Practices in the European Union in THE CARTER CENTER (ed.) Countering the Islamophobia Industry: Toward More Effective Strategies. Atlanta: The Carter Center, pp. 94 – 98.

Easat-Daas, A. (2017) ‘Who is Charlie? Xenophobia and the New Middle Class by Emmanuel Todd (Translated by Andrew Brown)’ Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3:3, pp. 432-433.

Easat-Daas, A. (2017) ‘The Role of ‘European Islam’ in Motivating Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France’ Journal of French Cultural Studies. 28:1, pp.17-27.

Easat-Daas, A. & Zempi, I. (2024) The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia.  Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Easat-Daas, A., (2020) Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Law, I., Easat-Daas, A., Merali, A. & Sayyid, S., (2019) Countering Islamophobia in Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Islamophobia studies  

Gendered Islamophobia

Countering Islamophobia

Islamophobia and the left

Muslims and politics

Political participation 

French politics

Belgian politics

UK politics

Decolonial approaches

BMIR5001: Culture, Negotiation and Policy Formation

BPRI2002: Political Research Methods

BPRI3007: Politics and International Relations Project

BPRI3008: Decolonising Politics

 PhD (Aston University)

MA (University of Leicester)

BA (University of Leicester), 

• Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN)
• British Association of Islamic Studies (BRAIS)

Amelia Roberts

Advisory Board Member of the European Forum of Muslim Women (EFOMW)

Ambassador of Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture (MKIAC)

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