Shereen Shafi ▪ شیرین شفیع

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(Sex) Object Recognition: Scientific Evidence That We Perceive Sexualized Women As Objects, Not Human Beings

Originally published in the Spring 2013 issue of the Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal (HURJ).

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Featured in: “Navigating the New Normal: Young American Muslims Coming of Age Post 9/11″

I was interviewed by Nina Porzucki for Public Radio International’s “The World” radio program, featured in this April 23, 2013 story on being a young American Muslim in the post-9/11 United States.

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A religion, defined

On the origins of the word “Islam” and how we conceptualize religion.

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“Transparency” and the Conditions of Public Support for Drone Strikes

Originally published in Elias Isquith’s Jubilee on February 20, 2013.

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This is not feminism

This was my response to Isobel Coleman’s “Gender Disparities, Economic Growth and Islamization in Pakistan” (2004), an assigned reading for my Politics of South Asia class.

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“The best of the best”? Hopkins fails its students on the Middle East

Originally published in the JHU Politik on April 21, 2013.

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Ibrahim Project, June 10: A cold welcome at Ben Gurion Airport

Almost anyone who visits Israel knows to expect a relatively hard time at airport customs. Google the subject and you’ll find an abundance of information on preparing for the occasion, as well as many blog posts on the innumerable times when the process went terribly wrong…
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January 22, 2013 · 2 Comments

Ibrahim Project, June 9: Dimensions of old & new Dubai

This is an especially long post on an especially packed day…
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January 7, 2013 · 2 Comments

Ibrahim Project, June 8: Sociopolitics during an excursion to Abu Dhabi

Before departing for Abu Dhabi, Mark made sure to give us a good briefing on the Emirates and the broader region…
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January 3, 2013 · 3 Comments

Ibrahim Project, June 7: Last thoughts in Oman & first thoughts in the U.A.E.

During our final morning in Oman, we had one last meeting—breakfast with Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Salmi, who works at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and is one of the leading experts on Muslim-Christian relationships…
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January 1, 2013 · 2 Comments
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