I am an interdisciplinary academic focusing on the anthropology of domination and the political storytelling of dominants, centring mnemonic objects and bodies configured within war memories. I play interdisciplinarity through ethnography and yo-yoing between the humanities and the social sciences to rediscover the familiar in unfamiliar ways. I am inspired by Visual and Material Culture Studies, Intersectional Feminism and Speculative Realism. Prominent scholars of Iranian Studies have called my book Promise of Violence (MUP, 2026) a "caring and courageous ethnographical endeavour", "a dazzling and intellectually fearless book" and "a captivating read".
I have been educated and have worked internationally, both in and out of Europe. My first PhD (2016, passed without revision) in India. I was trained by the prominent subaltern feminist sociologist Sharmila Rege and by critical thinkers such as Professor Deepak Mehta. Then, I pursued a second PhD (2020, Cum Laude) in Cultural Anthropology in the Netherlands to demonstrate my worth to the "white academia." I am invested in anti-racist and anti-zionist knowledge production. Accordingly, I engage in collaborations, contributions, and supervision.
