Everyday Islamophobia by Peter Hopkins, Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University, has been published open access by Bristol University Press.
Everyday experiences of anti-Muslim racism include accounts of Islamophobia in public spaces, in the school playground, on social media and on public transport. This book explores the complex ways in which Islamophobia pervades the daily lives of Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim, drawing upon work by the author and leading researchers.
Everyday Islamophobia tends to be regarded as low level or trivial. This book considers the influence of organisations, agencies, and individuals on those who find themselves negotiating its significant harms in education, the community and online. It concludes by exploring strategies to challenge and resist Islamophobia.
This is the fourth book published at Newcastle University as a result of the UKRI open access policy for long-form publications, with open access costs covered by UKRI funding. The previous books published are:
- Pushing the Paradigm of Global Water Security, published October 2024
- Diaspora Reads: Community, Identity, and Russian Literaturocentrism, published March 2025
- Sustainable Food Consumption in China: Changing Foodscapes, Values, and Practices, published June 2025.
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