Arab/Muslim Australian Social Movements since the 1970s: a hidden history. This project will be the first study of a neglected but constitutive part of Australia’s social movement history: Arab/Muslim

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Arab/Muslim Australian Social Movements since the 1970s: a hidden history. This project will be the first study of a neglected but constitutive part of Australia’s social movement history: Arab/Muslim Australian social justice activism. It aims to recover previously untapped oral histories and rare archival collections of Arab/Muslim Australian activists working in anti-racism, anti-war and feminist social movements from the 1970s to date. Expected outcomes include new knowledge about how this activist community has struggled against external systems and internal conflicts to build a socially just future in multicultural Australia. Anticipated social and cultural benefits include a greater understanding of the transformative activism of communities whose movement work is often relegated to the margins. . Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 4410 - Sociology. Lead: Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah