Dr Amina Yaqin

Dr Amina Yaqin is a Professor in World and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Exeter. Her research interests are interdisciplinary engaging with narratives on gender, culture and media. She has published numerous books and articles on selected topics related to twentieth century Urdu and Anglophone literatures, feminism, multiculturalism and Islamophobia. Her major publications include Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing (2022) and Framing Muslims: stereotyping and representation after 9/11 (with Peter Morey). 

Currently, she is co-investigator of the Arts and Humanities funded project, Empathy, Narrative and Cultural Values exploring health and education amongst South Asian Muslim communities in the West Midlands. Her commentary and interviews have been aired by the BBC, SkyNews, EuroNews, France24, TRT World, Indus News and Pakistan Television Network. She has written for The National UAE, The Times Higher Education UK, the British Film Institute, The Conversation, The Friday Times.