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SUMMARY:British Muslim Women in Cultural & Creative Industries with Raabi
 a Hussain
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DESCRIPTION:Welcome to a special symposium on Muslim women creatives with
  Dr Saskia Warren and Raabia Hussain. In this talk Dr Saskia Warren\, an
  author and a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography will discuss some key f
 indings from her new book\, British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Cre
 ative Industries (2022\, EUP). Research commissioned by the Equality and
  Human Rights Commission highlights that only a minority of UK-based sur
 veys have asked questions which might contribute to an understanding of 
 religious discrimination and even fewer ask about religious discriminati
 on openly.\n\nDrawing on examples\, she will explore how religion/faith 
 interrelate with other indexes of difference\, reshaping work-lives and 
 the changing morphology of society\, culture\, and public life.\n\nRaabi
 a Hussain\, an award-winning adventure filmmaker\, Activist from Manches
 ter\, will share her experience as a filmmaker. Her accolades include th
 e award-winning documentary. Two Deaf Travellers and the programme This 
 is Deaf.\n\nAs an international humanitarian activist Raabia will share 
 how she inspires and helps people especially from the ethnic minority\, 
 to represent themselves in front of and behind the camera.\n\nRefreshmen
 ts Provided.\n\nIntroduced by: Prof John Mcauliffe\, poet\, Co-Director\
 ,\n\nUniversity of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing.\n\nHosted by: Dr
  Jenna Ashton\, artist\, curator\, and producer\, and Lecturer in Herita
 ge Studies at the Institute for Cultural Practices\, University of Manch
 ester
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Manchester Museum\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, Phone: 0161-27526
 48\, Email: museum@manchester.ac.uk
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