Author: Shreya Parikh

Shreya Parikh is a dual Ph.D. candidate in sociology at CERI-Sciences Po Paris and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a Beyond Borders Fellow (2022-24) at Zeit-Stiftung and an affiliated researcher at Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (IRMC) in Tunis. Her dissertation examines the constructions and contestations of race and racialization in Tunisia through a focus on the study of racialization of Black Tunisians and Sub-Saharan migrants. Parikh is interested in the study of race, borders, migration, and citizenship in North Africa and its diaspora. Her Tunisia research is funded by a Beyond Borders Ph.D. Fellowship granted by Zeit-Stiftung. Born and raised in Ahmedabad, India, she tweets at @shreya_parikh.

31 October, 2022 • Shreya Parikh

Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Shreya Parikh joins an authentic ritual for the birth of the Prophet in her Tunis medina.

9 May, 2022 • Shreya Parikh

A Woman in the Public Space: Ramadan in Tunis’ Bab Souika

Shreya Parikh, a doctoral researcher in sociology with Paris' CERI Sciences Po, explores her place in the public space in Tunis.