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Zareena A. Grewal is a historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on Islam in the United States..
Zareena Grewal
Historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker
Zareena Grewal | |
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| Awards | Victor Turner Prize |
| Discipline | American studies, anthropology, religious studies |
| Institutions | Yale University |
Zareena A.
Grewal is a historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on Islam in the United States. She is an associate professor of American studies, religious studies, and ethnicity, race, and migration at Yale University.[1]
Career
Grewal was a Fulbright Fellow in Egypt in [2] In , she directed and produced her debut film, By the Dawn’s Early Light: Chris Jackson’s Journey to Islam.[1] The documentary examines Islamophobia in the United States through the lens of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Jackson), a National Basketball Association (NBA) player who converted to Islam in the s.[3] Grewal's first book, Islam is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority