Rabiha Hannan

Email: prrh@leeds.ac.uk
Thesis title: British Muslim women, Islamic texts and Muslim discourses: The struggle for authenticity in the modern world.
Supervisors: Professor Seán McLoughlin, Professor Melanie Prideaux

Profile

In 2018, I gained a scholarship from AHRC funded by WRoCAH, which enabled me to start my PhD at University of Leeds - School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science

TEDX Leicester Speaker: ‘We don’t need to be afraid of reform’, 2020.
Speaker at The British Academy. ‘Speech, script and social media: How communication technology has changed religion’, October 2017.
‘Somalis in Leicester’ by the Open Society Foundation, Research Assistant (Policy Research Centre), September 2014.
The Hajj & British Muslims: the Anthropology & Sociology of Islam in the UK. Professor Sean McLoughlin. AHRC, British Academy, ESRC, Research England. Research Assistant, 2011–12.
Islam and the Veil: Theoretical and Regional Contexts, Bloomsbury Books, Continuum, 2011. Co-editor.
‘Muslims in Leicester’ by the Open Society Foundation, Research Assistant (Policy Research Centre), April 2010.
Debates and discussions pertaining to Muslim Women in Leicester and the Veil. MA thesis, 2009.

Research interests

Islam and gender
Religion and authenticity
Muslims in Britain
Pluralism and Islam
Interfaith relations
Islam and reform

Qualifications

MA in Muslim Community Studies (Distinction), Loughborough University.
Certificate in Chaplaincy, The Markfield Institute of Higher Education
Certificate in Pharmacy Practice, University College London Hospital (UCLH)
BPharm (Hons) (Class 2:1), Kings College London.