*** Anna Dillon and Sarah Hopkyns *** Figure 1: Sarah (in black) and Anna (in purple) at Abrahamic Family House As friends and fellow sociolinguists, we, Anna and Sarah, have…
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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr Ibrar Bhatt about heritage literacies of Chinese Muslims, who weave Arabic into their distinct language,…
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Image 1 Like many parents of teenagers, I delightedly welcome any occasion to connect with a generation I don’t always understand and that doesn’t always understand me. As a Muslim…
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Imagine you live under constant scrutiny in society: you are an Australian woman, you come from a Lebanese-Muslim background, and your hijab identifies you wherever you go. How would you…
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The 2011 Report Freedom of Religion and Belief in 21st Century Australia released this week by the Australian Human Rights Commission notes “high levels of unprompted expressions of concern about…
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Divine linguistic diversity I’ve spent the past two days convening the first-ever Language-on-the-Move workshop at the University of Tehran. The idea was to explore language contact and multilingualism in the…
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My 88-year-old grandma, my mamanjoon, is the most wonderful nana anyone could have and I am very close to her. She has played a significant role in my development. (more…)
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