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Shakira Hussein

Shakira Hussein is a writer and researcher focusing on the issues of gender, Islam, South Asia, and Muslims in Australia.

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Face-veiling: a ‘conversation’ between Islam and the West

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  Australian National University

  Conference: Childhoods in South Asia: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives, 18-19 July 2013, Theatre 1 and 2, Hedley Bull Centre
  Registrations are now open on the conference web page. Poster

  Publications: The Great Indian Phone Book: How Cheap Mobile Phones Change Business, Politics and Daily Life, Robin Jeffrey & Assa Doron. London: Hurst, 2013.

  Coming June 2013 From Yale University Press: Dancing with the River: People and Life on the Chars of South Asia By Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

  Australia-India Institute Events
  

  Tiffin Talks: 23 May 2013 12:45–2:00 pm: India and China: Rivals, Friends or Foes?  by Swaran Singh Details

  30 May 2013 12:45–2:00 pm: Indian Diaspora in Australia and Racism: A Journalist's Perspective by Sushi Das Details

  New publication: India, Australia and the Asian Century, Hamish McDonald. Melbourne: Australia India Institute, 2013. Link

  New book announcement: Enriched Relations: Public Diplomacy in Australian Indian Relations, edited by David Lowe and Amit Sarwal (Delhi: Readworthy, 2013).

  For further information please go to our News and events page.

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  • Can Imran Khan’s rise and ‘fall’ shape the nation’s destiny?
  • India-China border tension and nuclear posturing
  • Decent work deficits in Pakistan

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  • Ashutosh Misra on Can Imran Khan’s rise and ‘fall’ shape the nation’s destiny?

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