My thesis centres on the modern day reception of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. In particular, I focus on the encounter of British-Asian Muslim women with the Christian epic and look at how questions concerning religion, politics, gender and morality raised by Paradise Lost relate to the complex challenges facing modern British Muslimahs, in both reclaiming cultural narratives and reshaping social norms.
My research interests include: Milton and the early modern period; reception studies; gender studies; religious literature; interfaith dialogue; intersectionality; national and cultural identity politics.