Publications and Writings

Book Chapter

• Hossain, A. (2021). Transitional Justice and Moving On After the 2002 Gujarat Riots in India. In S. Wastell (Ed.), Transitional Justice Beyond Blueprints: Ethnographies and Case Studies. Routledge.

Book Review

• Hossain, A. (2017). [Review of the Book Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India, by T. Bobbio]. Contemporary South Asia, 25(2), 215 – 216.
• Hossain, A. (2015). [Review of the book The Song of the Shirt: Cheap Clothes across Continents and Centuries, by J. Seabrook]. Biblio, XX, 3 – 4.

Online Articles

• Hossain, A. (2022, April 23). How the ​‘Bangladeshi’ dog whistle helps justify violence against Indian Bengali Muslims. Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​1​0​2​2​3​6​2​/​h​o​w​-​t​h​e​-​b​a​n​g​l​a​d​e​s​h​i​-​d​o​g​-​w​h​i​s​t​l​e​-​h​e​l​p​s​-​j​u​s​t​i​f​y​-​v​i​o​l​e​n​c​e​-​a​g​a​i​n​s​t​-​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​b​e​n​g​a​l​i​-​m​u​slims
• Hossain, A. (2022, April 28). In Delhi, both caste and communalism haunt Jahangirpuri’s Bengali Muslims. The Quint. https://​www​.the​quint​.com/​v​o​i​c​e​s​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​i​n​-​d​e​l​h​i​-​b​o​t​h​-​c​a​s​t​e​-​c​o​m​m​u​n​a​l​i​s​m​-​h​a​u​n​t​-​j​a​h​a​n​g​i​r​p​u​r​i​s​-​b​e​n​g​a​l​i​-​m​u​slims
  
• Hossain, A. (2022, April 6). Exploited as foot soldiers: How Muslims are getting crushed by Bengal’s political violence. Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​1​0​2​1​0​1​6​/​e​x​p​l​o​i​t​e​d​-​a​s​-​f​o​o​t​-​s​o​l​d​i​e​r​s​-​h​o​w​-​m​u​s​l​i​m​s​-​a​r​e​-​g​e​t​t​i​n​g​-​c​r​u​s​h​e​d​-​b​y​-​b​e​n​g​a​l​s​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​a​l​-​v​i​o​lence
• Hossain, A. (2020, May 11). The biopolitics of pandemic citizenship. Discover Society. https://​archive​.dis​cov​er​so​ci​ety​.org/​2​0​2​0​/​0​5​/​1​1​/​t​h​e​-​b​i​o​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​o​f​-​p​a​n​d​e​m​i​c​-​c​i​t​i​z​e​n​ship/
• Hossain, A. (2020, November 25). What AIMIM needs to know to repeat its Bihar success in West Bengal. The Wire. https://​thewire​.in/​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​/​w​h​a​t​-​a​i​m​i​m​-​n​e​e​d​s​-​t​o​-​k​n​o​w​-​t​o​-​r​e​p​e​a​t​-​i​t​s​-​b​i​h​a​r​-​s​u​c​c​e​s​s​-​i​n​-​w​e​s​t​-​b​engal
• Hossain, A. (2020, September 06). Bengal’s universities are progressive bastions- so what explains resistance to OBC reservations. Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​9​7​1​8​3​3​/​b​e​n​g​a​l​s​-​u​n​i​v​e​r​s​i​t​i​e​s​-​a​r​e​-​p​r​o​g​r​e​s​s​i​v​e​-​b​a​s​t​i​o​n​s​-​s​o​-​w​h​a​t​-​e​x​p​l​a​i​n​s​-​r​e​s​i​s​t​a​n​c​e​-​t​o​-​o​b​c​-​r​e​s​e​r​v​a​tions
• Hossain, A. (2018, August 21). Assam NRC Row: What we can learn from philosopher Hannah Arendt. The Quint. https://​www​.the​quint​.com/​v​o​i​c​e​s​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​a​s​s​a​m​-​n​r​c​-​s​t​a​t​e​l​e​s​s​-​p​e​o​p​l​e​-​h​a​n​n​a​h​-​a​r​e​n​d​t​-​p​h​i​l​o​sophy
• Hossain, A. (2018, August 13). Students, photographers, civil society under arrest- The chaos that is becoming Bangladesh. DailyO. https://​www​.dai​lyo​.in/​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​/​b​a​n​g​l​a​d​e​s​h​-​s​t​u​d​e​n​t​-​p​r​o​t​e​s​t​-​s​t​u​d​e​n​t​-​p​r​o​t​e​s​t​s​-​s​h​e​i​k​h​-​h​a​s​i​n​a​-​s​h​a​h​i​d​u​l​-​a​l​a​m​-​r​o​a​d​-​a​c​c​i​d​e​n​t​s​-​i​n​-​b​a​n​g​l​a​d​e​s​h​-​w​o​r​l​d​-​h​e​a​l​t​h​-​o​r​g​a​n​i​s​a​t​i​o​n​-​26025
• Hossain, A. (2018, August 10). Vaclav Havel and Karunanidhi: How the artist politicians shaped their world around them. DailyO. https://​www​.dai​lyo​.in/​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​/​k​a​r​u​n​a​n​i​d​h​i​-​v​a​c​l​a​v​-​h​a​v​e​l​-​t​a​m​i​l​-​n​a​d​u​-​c​z​e​c​h​o​s​l​o​v​a​k​i​a​-​a​r​t​i​s​t​s​-​c​z​e​c​h​-​r​e​p​u​b​l​i​c​-​m​o​t​h​e​r​-​t​o​n​g​u​e​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​v​e​l​v​e​t​-​r​e​v​o​l​u​t​i​o​n​-​25991
• Hossain, A. (2014, May 09). In one West Bengal district, Bangladeshi Hindu refugees attempt to oust Indian Muslims. Scroll. https://​scroll​.in/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​6​6​3​8​7​7​/​i​n​-​o​n​e​-​w​e​s​t​-​b​e​n​g​a​l​-​d​i​s​t​r​i​c​t​-​b​a​n​g​l​a​d​e​s​h​i​-​h​i​n​d​u​-​r​e​f​u​g​e​e​s​-​a​t​t​e​m​p​t​-​t​o​-​o​u​s​t​-​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​m​u​slims
• Hossain, A. (2014, June 10). To be young and poor: The crisis of development. The Guardian. https://​www​.the​guardian​.com/​g​l​o​b​a​l​-​d​e​v​e​l​o​p​m​e​n​t​-​p​r​o​f​e​s​s​i​o​n​a​l​s​-​n​e​t​w​o​r​k​/​2​0​1​3​/​j​u​n​/​1​0​/​y​o​u​n​g​-​p​o​o​r​-​d​e​v​e​l​o​p​m​e​n​t​-​c​risis
• Hossain, A. (2013, July 06). Standing with the 99%. The Sunday Guardian.

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Ongoing Projects

Documentary citizenship and Bengali Muslims, anti-CAA protests and new languages of social movement