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Theoretical Interests<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Language and identity, language ideology, multilingualism, language and communication, language policy, language movements, sociolinguistics of orthography, diglossia, and discourse analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field Specialization<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My research is primarily focused on Urdu in India and Pakistan & Arabic and Migrant languages in the Arabian Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refereed Publicati<\/span><\/strong>ons<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2025. Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam. Applied Linguistics<\/a>. Online First June, 2025. (with Ibrar Bhatt and Othman Barnawi). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 (In Press) India and Pakistan: Two Nations Divided by the Same Language and Different Language Ideologies about Urdu. Orient Blackswan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025. Language Hierarchy: English and other working languages in a high-risk industry. (with Melanie van Den Hoven). Taylor & Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025. Combating Islamophobia: English in the linguistic landscape of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. (with Sara Hillman). Taylor & Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 (with Vladimir Kulikov et al) Muslim personal names in Urdu: structure, meaning, and change<\/a>. International Journal of the Sociology of Language<\/em>. 283. 161-188.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023  \u201cChallenges of Communication and Identity in the Gulf: Insights from Qatar and the UAE<\/a>\u201d. In: Rahman, M.M., Al-Azm, A. (eds) Social Change in the Gulf Region. Gulf Studies, vol 8. Pp 287-304. Springer, Singapore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 (with Abdul Gabbar Al-Sharafi). Translating the sacred: Agency in translating verb-noun alternation in the Qur\u2019an<\/a>. Available Online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 (with Sara Hillman). Laboring to communicate: Use of migrant languages in COVID-19 awareness campaign in Qatar<\/a>, Multilingua<\/em> 40, no. 3, 2021, pp. 303-337.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/strong>020 (with Torlakova et al). Figurative Language in Arabic E-Commerce Text<\/a>. International Journal of Business Communication<\/em>. 57.3. 279-301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 \u201cHate, Bigotry, and Discrimination against Muslims: Urdu During the Hindutva Rule\u201d. In Disrupting<\/a><\/em> Hate in Education: Techer Activists, Democracy, and Global Pedagogies of Interruption<\/em><\/a>. Eds. Rita Verma & Michael Apple. Pp 129-152. New York, Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 \u201cFrom Rajjal<\/em> to Rayyal<\/em>: Ideologies and shift among young Bedouins in Qatar\u201d. In The <\/em>Routledge <\/em><\/a>Handbook<\/a><\/em> of <\/em><\/a>Arabic<\/a><\/em> and Identity<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>Reem Bassiouney & Keith Walters. Pp 13-25. New York, Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018 (in press) My name is Khan. . . from the epiglottis: Changing linguistic norms in Bollywood songs. Journal of South Asian Popoular Culture<\/a>. Taylor & Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017. Metaphorical Expressions in E-Commerce: A Study of Arabic Language.  Journal of Global Information Technology Management. <\/a>. Vol. 20.2. pp 75-90. (with Divakaran Liginlal et al.) (Taylor & Francis\/Routledge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016. Expatriate Languages in Kuwait: Tension between Public and Private Domains. Journal of Arabian Studies. <\/a>. Vol. 6 (1) pp 29-52. (Taylor & Francis\/Routledge)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016. Teaching <\/a>linguistic diversity through linguistic landscaping. Journal of Language and Language Teaching.<\/a> Vol. 5 (1) pp. 1-7, Azimpremji University, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015. The <\/a>polyphony<\/a> of <\/a>Urdu <\/a>in <\/a>postcolonial<\/a> North <\/a>India<\/a>. The Journal of Modern<\/a> <\/a>Asian<\/a> Studies<\/a>. Vol 49.3, pp 678-710.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012. Hindi is perfect, Urdu is messy: the discourse of delegitimation of Urdu in India. In Mark <\/a>Sebba & Jannis Androutsopoulos. Orthography as Social Action: Scripts, Spelling, Identity and Power<\/strong><\/a>. pp 103- 133. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011. Urdu in Devanagari: <\/a>Changing<\/a> orthographic practices and Muslim identity in Delhi. <\/strong><\/a>Language<\/a> in Society.<\/a> 40.3. pp 259-284.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010. How do I know you are not a CBI agent?: Examining the identity of a researcher in sociolinguistic fieldwork. In Imtiaz Hasnain & Shreesh Chaudhary.<\/a> Problematizing language studies: Cultural, theoretical, and applied perspectives. pp. 426-435. Delhi: Aakar Books, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008. Scripting a new identity: the battle for Devanagari in nineteenth-century India. Journal of Pragmatics.<\/strong><\/a> 40.7. pp 1163-1183.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008. Unpacking indexicality: Urdu in India.<\/a> In Amy Brown and Josh Iorio: <\/strong>Texas Linguistic Forum. Austin: University of Texas. pp 1-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researched Documentaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2022. Mal Lawwal: Linguistic landscapes of Qatar<\/a>. A documentary on public signs in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021. Will Urdu Survive in India?<\/a>. A documentary on the Urdu language in public sphere including Bollywood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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