Mariam Durrani, an expert on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), says that even if there are no Muslim students
in a class, «changing educational and
society - wide demographics suggest that as young people come of age, we'll have even greater need for conversations about learning across difference and about addressing
systemic inequalities,» whether about religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other identifiers.
Our research methods
in this study included a respectful approach to women's lived experiences, informed by the recognition of existing
inequalities,
systemic discrimination, and gender bias
in our
society.