Farhan Mujahid Chak

farhanmc@qu.edu.qa or fchak@hotmail.com

Phone: (974) 66088-562

EDUCATION

DURHAM UNIVERISTY

School of Government and International Affairs – PhD

2000-2007

DURHAM, UK

UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

Department of Peace Studies

Masters of International Politics and Strategic Studies

Specialist in Conflict Resolution/War Studies

1998-1999

BRADFORD, UK

Department of Political Science

Bachelor of Arts – International Relations

1993-1998

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Consortium of Middle East and Africa Studies – CMEAS Post-Graduate Diploma

1993-1998

Edmonton, Alberta – Canada

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Qatar University Outstanding Teaching Award ‘Runner-Up’ 2016-2017
• Qatar University College of Arts and Science Teaching Excellence Award October. 2014 – Winner
• ROTA – EMPOWER 2013 – Doha Youth Conference. March 27, 2013 – Keynote Speaker
• Abdul-Ghani Award for Intellectual Contribution – ‘Runner up’ – 2013

• TedX Qatar University – New Method of Teaching, Nov. 29, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6SSJoFxumE
• Qatar University Internal Grant – 150,000 QR. November/2009
• IIIT Research Award – 10,000 UK Pounds – 2005

BOOKS

• Islam and Pakistan’s Political Culture: Routledge. January 2015
• Nuclear Flashpoint: The War Over Kashmir. Pluto Press. Forthcoming 2022

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

• “Jammu Genocide: Demographic Changes in the Disputed Territory of Kashmir” (forthcoming)
• “India, Islamophobia and the Hindutva Playbook” (book chapter)
• Should Qatar offer Mediation over Kashmir?” (forthcoming)
• Qatar and Pakistan Relations: Reasserting Strategic Continuity (forthcoming).
• “Is there a Symbiotic Relationship between Secularism and Fundamentalism?” International Journal of Interdisciplinary Civic and Political Studies, Spring 2020.
• “Islam and the Myth of the Other: The Noble Colloquy between St. Francis Assisi & Sultan Al Malik Al Kamil,” The Muslim World, Spring 2019.
• “Deconstructing the Gulf Crisis: Post-Colonialism and Competing Projects in the Middle East.”  Insight Turkey.  Spring 2019
• “Europe’s Dystopia: The Exploitation of Unaccompanied and Separated Child Refugees” in Policy Perspectives. Volume 15. 3. Fall 2018.
• “Anomie, Religio-Political Fundamentalism and American Evangelicalism: Rightest Americanism and Islamophobia” in Islamophobia Studies Journal.  Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 2018
•  “The Post-Enlightenment Moral Crisis and the Emergence of Secular Tyranny in The Middle East,” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. Issue 34:1. January 2017.
• “Culture, Social Contestation and Turkey’s Failed Coup: The Rivalry of Social Imaginaries,” Insight Turkey, Vol. 18 / No. 3 / Dec. 2016, pp. 233-257.

•  “Dynamics of Ideological Rivalry in Muslim Polities,” Hemispheres: Studies On Cultures and Societies.  Dec 2014. Vol.29/3.
• “Islam, The West and ‘Man’ In The State of Nature,” The Orient. July 2014.
• “A Critique of the Occidental Theory of Knowledge with Insights Into Qur’anic Epistemics,” American Journal Of Islamic Social Sciences.  October/2012.
• “Islam, Religion and Society: The Pakistan Movement,” International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society.  December/2012.
• “La Convivencia’ – the Spirit of Co-existence in Islam,” Islamic Studies. V. 17. September 2009.

BOOK MANUSCRIPTS

• Nuclear Flashpoint: Kashmir and Regional Powers. Pluto Press (Signed Contract/August/2021)
• “Culture, Social Contestation and Turkey’s Failed Coup: The Rivalry of Social Imaginaries.’ Routledge. Publication Expected Spring 2022

IN PROCESS PUBLICATIONS

• A New Partnership in the Middle East and North Africa: Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan.
• Qatar and Pakistan Relations:  In Process.

 

SELECT TV/RADIO CONTRIBUTIONS

• Live Interview ‘Russell Tribunal on Kashmir and Human Rights Violations’ – Islamabad Policy and Research Institute. Jan 5/2022.
• PTV Newsroom – Pakistan, India and Kashmir – March 27, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaw4c2l33aE
• TRT World – Pakistan and Qatar Relations – Nov. 26/2020
• TRT World – Turkish and Qatar Relations – Arab and Turk Rivalry/Cooperation. October 5, 2020
• Jan 14, 2020 – Salaam Radio – South Africa “Hindutva, Kashmir and the Muslim World
• TRT World – Live Interview – 100 days of Communication Siege – Nov. 5, 2019
• PTV World – Pakistan, Kashmir and Nuclear Power – October 26, 2019.
• ARY New Pakistan – Oct 1, 2019. Imran Khan, the Gulf and Kashmir
• Indus News – United Nations General Assembly and Pakistan’s Strategy – Sept. 24/2019

• Indus News – Qatar and Pakistan Relations – Sept. 14/2019

• TRT World Live TV Interview – Kashmir Communication Blockade – Sept. 4, 2019

https://bit.ly/2lFQlD7

• TRT World Live TV Interview – Kashmir Live Now – August 12, 2019
• South Africa: Voice of Cape Town: ‘Kashmir Crisis: Will There Be War?’ Sunday, March 1/2019. http://iono.fm/e/661605
• South Africa RADIO CII: Gulf Crisis: What Next?
• TRT World Live Interview. Kashmir Blast. Feb 15/2019.
• TRT Live Interview: The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, November 16, 2018
• TRT Live Interview: The Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, October 16, 2018

• TRT Newsmakers – “Kashmir Article 35A, What Now?”

https://www.youtu.be/l-3LAYXaGL8

• TRT Newsmakers – “Jerusalem and Donald Trump, What Now?”

• Qatar Radio – Guest Speaker, September 11, 2016 – Human Rights in Islam
• Rayyan TV – ‘Qatar’s National Day Celebration,’ Dec.8, 2015.
• Al-Jazeera TV, ‘Inside Story – Mumbai Security, November 26, 2009.
• Al-Jazeera TV, ‘Inside Story – Fighting the Right War,’ February 10, 2009.
• Al-Jazeera TV, ‘Inside Story – Kashmir Trade Route Opens,’ October 21^st, 2008.

OPINION PIECES

• Doha  News – “Should Qatar Mediate Over Kashmir?’. https://www.dohanews.co/should-qatar-offer-mediation-over-kashmir/

      Nov.2/ 2021

• TRT World Deutsche – Hindutva Fascism and Zionism. May 19, 2021

https://www.trtdeutsch.com/meinung/aus-dem-lehrbuch-fur-zionisten-und-hindutva-schiessen-und-weinen-5494614

• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – May 18, 2021

https://www.aljazeera.net/opinions/2021/5/18/مخططات-حركة-هندوتفا-لإقليم-كشمير

• Middle East Eye. Time for America to Get it Right.  May 1, 2021 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/moment-turmoil-us-leadership-needs-get-it-right
• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – ‘President Biden,’ April 25, 2020.

https://www.aljazeera.net/opinions/2020/4/23/مخططات-حركة-هندوتفا-لإقليم-كشمير

• TRT World Deutsche – https://www.trtdeutsch.com/meinung/es-wird-zeit-dass-amerika-die-dinge-ins-lot-bringt-5132694. April 15, 2021.
• Aljazeera English. “Twitter is Silencing Pro-Kashmiri Voices,” March 28, 2021.
• Daily Sabah. “On How Corpses Resist’. Feb 4/2021
• Doha News ‘Islamophobia and the Bumbling Macron,’ October 25, 2020
• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – ‘GCC, Pakistan and Turkey,’ Oct. 7, 2020.

• Daily Sabah. A Chronicle of Death of Democracy in Kashmir. September 15, 2020.
• Daily Sabah. The Haunting Voices of the Disappeared. August 30, 2020. https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/haunting-voices-of-the-forcibly-disappeared-in-kashmir
• Daily Sabah. ‘The Menace of Hindutva Nativism,’ April 29, 2020.
• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – ‘Genocide Watch Issues Alert for Kashmir,’ April 23, 2020.

https://www.aljazeera.net/opinions/2020/4/23/مخططات-حركة-هندوتفا-لإقليم-كشمير

• TRT World – ‘India’s Settler Colonial Project and the Kashmir Dispute,’ Dec.6, 2019.
• TRT World, ‘What’s Behind the Kashmir Dispute?’ October. 30/2019.
• Daily Sabah ‘Imran Khan, and Pakistan’s Agenda’ – October 8, 2019

https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2019/10/08/imran-khan-and-pakistans-current-agenda

• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – Kashmir and India’s Graveyard – Sept.10/2019 – Published with H.E. Munir Akram

https://www.aljazeera.net/knowledgegate/opinions/2019/9/5/كشمير-ستكون-مقبرة-الهند

• Hispanic Daily – The Genocidal Conditions in Kashmir. Sept. 1/2019

https://hispanicla.com/cachemira-genocidio-y-espiritu-de-resistencia-38932

• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – ‘Genocide Watch Issues Alert for Kashmir,’ August 24, 2019.

https://www.aljazeera.net/knowledgegate/opinions/2019/8/22/كشمير-الإبادة-الجماعية-وروح-المقاومة

• TRT World, ‘Crisis of Credibility and Post-Truth India,’ August 21/2019.

https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/crisis-of-credibility-post-truth-india-islamophobia-and-kashmir-29168​

• The New Arab, ‘Kashmir, Genocide and Spirit of Resistance,’ August 20^th, 2019.

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2019/8/20/kashmir-genocide-and-the-spirit-of-resistance

• Aljazeera Arabic Op-Ed – Islamophobia in India- July 28^th, 2019

https://www.aljazeera.net/knowledgegate/opinions/2019/7/28/أزمة-مصداقية-هند-ما-بعد-الحقيقة-والإسلاموفوبيا

• Aljazeera Arabic -Op-Ed – Pakistan-Qatar’s Strategic Partnership with CPEC. Feb 26/2019
• Aljazeera Arabic -Op-Ed – Understanding the Kashmir Crisis. Feb 5/2019
• TRT World Opinion Editorial – “The Long Life-Cycle of Violence in Kashmir,” Jan.29/2019

https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-never-ending-cycle-of-violence-in-kashmir-23707

• TRT Live Interview: The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, November 16, 2018
• Daily Sabah. ‘The US Midterm Elections and Jamal Khashoggi,’ November 11, 2018.
• Daily Sabah. ‘The Bizarre World According to MBS,’ October 29, 2018. https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2018/10/30/welcome-to-the-bizarre-world-of-mbs
• Daily Sabah. ‘The Wrath of Khan: Pakistan’s New Prime Minister,’ July 30, 2018
• Daily Sabah. ‘France, Frere Tariq and the False Promise of Laicité,’ February 17, 2018

• TRT World Opinion Editorial – “The Chutzpah of Prince Al Waleed,” February 5^th, 2018
• TRT World Opinion Piece – “The Ones Who Walk Away: Neglect of Child Refugees in Europe,” October 17, 2017.
• TRT World Opinion Piece – ‘Myth of Partition and Unmaking of War.’ August, 16, 2017.
• Aljazeera Online Opinion Piece – ‘Kashmir and the Myth of India’ Sept.28,2016.
• Aljazeera Online – Opinion Piece, ‘Huffington Post Arabic and the Stifling of Diversity,’ November 19^th, 2015.
• Aljazeera Online – Opinion Piece, ‘The Ghosts of Kashmir’s Past,’ July 19^th, 2015.
• Aljazeera Online – Opinion Piece, ‘What’s Next for the AK Party?’ June 25, 2015
• TAWASOL – QATAR TV – Panelist on Qatar Security and Good Governance. Nov. 2013

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QATAR UNIVERSITY

Associate Professor of Political Science (Currently – Full-Time)

Gulf Studies Graduate Program

Manager – Leadership and Civic Engagement Department (June 2018 – February 2019)

Doha, Qatar

SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY

Part-Time Sessional Associate Professor

Graduate Program in Conflict Studies

School of Conflict Studies

Ottawa, Canada

TRT WORLD

Senior Leadership Consultant

June 2017-March 2018

Department of Vision

Istanbul, Turkey

QATAR UNIVERSITY

Department of International Affairs/Gulf Studies (Currently)

Doha, Qatar

October 2014-present – Associate Professor

August 31 2008-2014 – Assistant Professor

COURSES:

• Foreign Policy Analysis (PhD Level)
• Globalization & Governance (PhD Level)
• Leadership and Civic Responsibility (MA Level)
• Conflict Resolution Interventions (MA Level)
• State and Society in the Gulf (MA Level)
• Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy (MA Level)
• Servant Leadership (MA Level)
• Political Theory/Social Political Thought
• Western Political Theory
• Islamic Political Theory
• Islam and the West
• Introduction to International Relations
• Introduction to Political Science
• Communication, Public Policy and Leaders
• Principles of Islamic Governance
• International Relations from an Islamic Perspective
• Epistemology: Islamic and Western
• Islamophobia: The Politics of Dispossession
• Modernity, Secularism and Fundamentalisms
• Critical Issues in the Global War on Terror
• Diplomacy                  

QATAR FACULTY OF ISLAMIC STUDIES

Sessional Associate Professor

Graduate Level Faculty

August 31, 2013-Present

Doha, Qatar

COURSES:

• Social Justice, Civil Society, Democracy and Islam (MA Level)
• Leadership Training Seminar (MA Level)
• MA Thesis Supervisor

ALJAZEERA RESEARCH CENTER

Strategic Consultant

October 2012 – Feb 2.2013

Doha, Qatar

TASKS:

• Chair, Project Al-Idrak
• Database Research Training
• Team Management

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Visiting Researcher

Prince Al-Waleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

April 2008 -August 2008

Washington, D.C.

TASKS:

• Research, Analysis and Editing.
• Studies on Islam and the West

LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA

Public Relations                                  

Ottawa, Canada

Aug 2006 -May 2007                                

TASKS:

• Alberta Youth Leader – Liberal Leadership Convention 2007
• Public Relations/Fundraising
• Community Outreach

UNITED NATIONS                                         

Intern – UN-Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)

Jan-May 2005

New York, USA

TASKS:

• NGO liaison,
• Report writing
• Special briefings/Press releases

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA                

Senior Constituency Officer – House of Commons

July-Jan 2005

Edmonton/Ottawa, Canada                          

TASKS:

• Office Management.
• Public Policy development
• Agenda setting and budgeting.

 SERVICE

DISTINGUISHED SEMINAR SERIES – CHAIR (2013-2015)

AMBASSADORIAL LECTURES – CHAIR (2013-2015)

EVENTS COMMITTEE – CHAIR (2008–2012, 2012-2015)

MODEL UNITED NATIONS – CHAIR – (2008-2014, 2016-2017)

ACADEMIC QUALITY AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE- CHAIR (2014-2017)

QUALITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE – CHAIR (2010–2011)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Canadian Political Science Association
• International Political Science Association

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• NATIVE: English
• FLUENT: Urdu
• INTERMEDIATE: Arabic
• BASIC: Kashmiri and Turkish

REFERENCES

• Upon Request