Dr Mariam Farida
Lecturer
Institution
Macquarie University
Research Area Keywords
Extremism; Terrorism; Middle East politics; Islamic radicalism.
Contact: mariam.farida@mq.edu.au
About Mariam
Dr Farida is a lecturer, educator, researcher, and cultural consultant. She is currently a Lecturer in Terrorism Studies in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie university. She has also served as researcher and consultant for Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) programs in CSNSW. Dr Farida has been awarded her PhD in Security Studies and Criminology in 2019. Her research interest includes Middle East politics, non-state groups, terrorism, religious mobilisation, and political violence. Her research has been published in journals such as Journal for Deradicalization, International Review for Social Research, Journal for Policing, Intelligence, and Counter Terrorism, and Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics. She also authored the book Religion and Hezbollah: Political Ideology and Legitimacy (Routledge 2020). In addition to being Middle East expert, Dr Farida also became a point of reference for several journalists and News channels in matters pertaining the Middle East in general and terrorist networks in particular such as SBS, ABC, and other media channels.
Publications
Books
Religion and Hezbollah: Political Ideology and Legitimacy (2020)
Farida, M.
Book Chapters
“People, army, resistance”: the end of Hizbullah’s Legacy (2023)
Farida, M.
in Handbook of Middle East Politics
Hezbollah (2019)
Farida, M.
in Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics
Group Transition from Violence to the Political Arena (2019)
(in Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics, Romaniuk, S. ed.)
Farida, M.
Journal Articles
Religious Mobilisation to Terrorism and Implications for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Abdullah Azzam (2023)
Farida, M., Scott-Smith, S. & Droogan, J.
Religious Assessment and Reintegration Responses: The Use of Religious Supports within Prison-based Service in Australia (2023)
Farida, M.
Adopting Religion to meet political goals: the case of Hizbullah (2018)
Farida, M.
A casuistic explanation to Hizbullah’s realpolitik: Interpreting the re-interpreted (2015)
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Field Notes on Hizbullah’s Recruitment, Training and Organisational Structure (2010)
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Grants and Projects
Religious Support Model at PRISM- A re-structure and review