Dr Sara Cheikh Husain

Dr Sara Cheikh Husain is a researcher and writer specialising in Islamophobia, social justice, and human rights, with a focus on Palestinians, Muslim communities in the West, and refugees. Her PhD in Social Sciences at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute was supported by the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. Sara has published widely in leading academic journals, collaborated with the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (AMAN) to a supplementary document for the UN Special Rapporteur’s 2020 report on anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination, presented at the international Embracing Diversity: Tackling Islamophobia in 2024 conference in Baku, co-authored A War of Words on media coverage of the Israel–Gaza war, and her latest is a book (2025): The politics of anti-Islamophobia in Australia: The case of the Muslim community organisations. She serves on the Executive of the Australian Association of Islam and Muslim Studies AAIMS.