Zareena Grewal Books

Zareena Grewal is a historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work examines race, gender, religion, nationalism, and transnationalism across a wide spectrum of American Muslim communities. Her research explores how American Muslim communities are linked to Islamic movements in the post-colonial Middle East through debates about the reform of Islam. Grewal's films and writings delve into the racialization of Islam and the scrutiny of American Muslims' patriotism long before September 11, 2001. Her forthcoming book investigates the place of Islamic scripture in the American imagination, particularly in relation to national debates about tolerance.