Awa Farah (2020)

  • PhD Candidate
Awa Farah (2020)

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About

Awa is a PhD student based at Churchill College, Cambridge. She obtained her MPhil from the University of Cambridge, Wolfson College and her MSc from the London School of Economics. Her research examines migration and mobility of Black Muslim diaspora groups in the UK.

Outside of her academic work, Awa is also an award-winning filmmaker and founder of Siman Foundation, an NGO that democratises access to education.

 

Supervisor

Ali Meghji

Research

Research interests

  • Migration
  • Socio-economic Mobility
  • Political sociology

Publications

Books

  • Farah, A. (Upcoming) Creating and Re-Creating African Cultures: continental and international explorations. British Academy

Journal Articles

  • Farah, A. (2021, December 14). Between Homeland and Host Land: Has ‘diaspora’ outlived its use in how we see evolving communities? [Online]. The Sociological Review Magazine. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.sizm1582

Teaching and supervision

  • University of Cambridge, Soc 11 (2022)
  • LSE, Culture and Society (2020)
  • University of Roehampton, Journalism (2020)