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Habiba Farh

Research Analyst

Habiba Farh is a research analyst at Political Research Associates monitoring legislation and discourses addressing hate crimes, terrorism, and extremism. She has written on intergenerational political Repression occurs when public or private institutions—such as law enforcement agencies or vigilante groups—use arrest, physical coercion, or violence to subjugate a specific group. Learn more on historically marginalized communities in the U.S., Arab-American diasporic politics, U.S. foreign policy on the Middle East, and A form of religious bigotry, with strong racial components, that scapegoats & demonizes Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. Learn more and anti-Arab An attitude toward social identities that can be mobilized to justify discrimination, state/vigilante violence, and exploitation. Learn more in American policy and law.

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Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 6
In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads “From Palestine to Atlanta, Outside and Foreign: The Institutional Policing of Dissent” by Habiba Farh, as part of our ongoing From the Archives series.
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Religion Dispatches
Twenty four hours before millions were expected to cast their votes, federal and state law enforcement reaffirmed that there will be consequences for any state or non-state actor who engages in voter…
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Public Eye
The Institutional Policing of Dissent
In this commentary on the state’s use of the “outside agitator” narrative to violently repress progressive movements, Habiba Farh examines how “the powerful choose authoritarian control” to secure their rule over democratic challenges to their legitimacy.
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