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Zareena Grewal
Children3
AwardsVictor Turner Prize
Scientific career
FieldsHistorical anthropology, ethnography, American studies
InstitutionsYale College

Zareena A. Grewal is a historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. She is an associate professor at Yale College and the author of a 2013 ethnography on Islam in the United States.

Career

Grewal is an associate professor of American studies, ethnicity, race, and migration, and religious studies at Yale College.[1] In 2004, she directed and produced her debut film, By the Dawn’s Early Light: Chris Jackson’s Journey to Islam.[2] In 2013, Grewal authored her first book, Islam is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority.[3] The ethnography won a Victor Turner Prize [ar].[2] In October 2023, she gained national attention due to tweets expressing support for violent action taken by the Palestinian group Hamas.[4] In response, a student led petition to terminate Grewal garnered more than 40,000 signatures.[5]

Personal life

Grewal is Muslim.[6] She resides in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband, Hamada Hamid Altalib, and their three children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Zareena Grewal | American Studies". americanstudies.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  2. ^ a b c "BAYAN FACULTY | Bayan". www.bayanonline.org. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  3. ^ Reviews of Islam is a Foreign Country:
    • Stiles, Erin E. (March 2016). "Review". American Anthropologist. 118 (1): 191–192. doi:10.1111/aman.12465. ISSN 0002-7294.
    • Railton, Ben (2015). "Review". American Studies. 54 (1): 161–162. ISSN 0026-3079. JSTOR 24589512.
    • Chaudhry, Ayesha S. (2015). "Review". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 83 (2): 575–577. ISSN 0002-7189. JSTOR 24488064.
    • Hicks, Jacob (2016). "Review". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 20 (1): 118–119. ISSN 1092-6690. JSTOR 26417803.
    • Sheikh, Christine (2015). "Review". Sociology of Religion. 76 (3): 361–362. ISSN 1069-4404. JSTOR 24580186.
    • Curtis, Edward E. (2015). "Review of Islam Is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority, Nation of Newcomers: Immigrant History as American History". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 47 (3): 643–646. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 43998026.
  4. ^ Blaff, Ari (13 October 2023). "'Settlers Are Not Civilians': Yale Professor Defends Hamas Terrorism". National Review. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ Loesch, Cailin (2023-10-13). "More Than 42K People Want Yale Professor Fired Over Anti-Israel Posts". New Haven, CT Patch. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  6. ^ Lanum, Nikolas (2023-10-11). "Yale professor urged to resign for 'vile' comments about Hamas attacks on Israel: 'Settlers are not civilians'". Fox News. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
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