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Research Interests
Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa, Islamic Thought; Islam, race and ethnicity ; social movements; bureaucratization; equality and citizenship ; the State in Africa.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
MPhil, Sciences Po Lyon
PhD, Sciences Po Lyon
Philosophy and Anthropology, MA, University of Nouakchott
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Building Maktaba: A Digital Collection of African Arabic Manuscripts in Translation
Denna, Z. (PD/PI), Denna, Z. (PD/PI), Caizzi, C. (Co-Investigator) & Caizzi, C. (Co-Investigator)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, National Endowment for the Humanities
7/1/22 → 4/2/25
Project: Research project
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Global shinqīṭ: Mauritania’s islamic knowledge tradition and the making of transnational religious authority (nineteenth to twenty-first century)
Salem, Z. A., Nov 2021, In: Religions. 12, 11, 953.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Hands off my citizenship!': Biometrics and its politics in Mauritania
Salem, Z. O. A. & Bardelli, N., May 10 2021, Identification and Citizenship in Africa: Biometrics, the Documentary State and Bureaucratic Writings of the Self. Taylor and Francis, p. 203-220 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The politics of The Haratins Social Movements in Mauritania (1978-2014)
Denna, Z. A. S., 2018, Social Currents in North Africa: Culture and Governance after the Arab Spring. Abi-Mershed, O. (ed.). Oxford Universtity Press, p. 117-142 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Un éternel recommencement: les tribulations des mouvements haratines en Mauritanie
Denna, Z. A. S., 2017, In: Societes Politiques Comparees. 43Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Highly Skilled Migration from Mauritania: Socio-Political Aspects and Questions
Denna, Z. A. S., 2015, Migration from North Africa and the Middle East: Skilled Migrants, Development and Globalisation . Venturini, A. & Fargues, P. (eds.). I.B. Tauris, p. 224-236 13 p. (International Library of African Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter