Ms Scheherazade Bloul

E: scheherazade.bloul@deakin.edu.au

Ms Scheherazade Bloul is the recipient of one of the PhD scholarships for the UNESCO Chair in comparative research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. Her previous research focused on Islamic modest fashion as multi-use intermediary specifically via digital communication technologies and representations of Muslim women in Australian media. Coming from a media background, her interdisciplinary research interests include the intersections of digital media, youth and political participation, journalism and communication studies. Completing her research, she is also a director at the Australian Middle East Journalism Exchange, an organisation that facilitates tours to the Middle East and North Africa for Australian journalism students.