Mariam Popal

Mariam Popal studied Islamic Studies, Modern German Literature and Political Science at Universität Hamburg, where she completed a doctorate on Sharia from comparative-legal, feminist and postcolonial perspectives. She later completed her habilitation in comparative literature at Universität Bayreuth. Her academic teaching and research included English-language and American literature, literary theory, and postcolonial and decolonial studies. Her publications include Die Scharia, das religiöse Recht – ein Konstrukt? (2005) and essays on Western discourses on Islam, photography, and visions of Africa’s future.