PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Zeinab Farokhi is an award-winning doctoral candidate at the Women and Gender Studies Institute and Diaspora and Transnational Studies Centre. Farokhi's mixed-methods dissertation focuses on right-wing extremism, gender, and online radicalization. Her current doctoral work compares the usage of Twitter by Islamophobic right-wing extremists in India, Canada, and the US, focusing on anti-Muslim rhetoric in Hindu and white nationalist discourse.
Apr 23, 2023 12:35 pm UTC| Life
During Ramadan, a man attacked a mosque in Markham, Ont. He allegedly yelled slurs, tore up a Quran, and attempted to run down worshippers in his vehicle. Some people on Twitter have raised the idea that the attacker...