Burning a holy book: the dilemma of free speech

Azher Hameed Qamar – This article was originally published at The Loop and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Qamar, A. H. (2023, August 18). Burning a holy book: The dilemma of free speech. The Loop – ECPR’s Political Science Blog. https://theloop.ecpr.eu/burning-a-holy-book-the-dilemma-of-free-speech/ In recent weeks, Sweden has experienced several Quran-burning incidents. These can reinforce anti-religious …

Unstructured Interviews – A Conversational Iceberg

Azher Hameed Qamar – Jun 8, 2023 This article was originally published at Sage Method Space. Citation: Qamar, A. H. (2023, June 8). Unstructured Interviews – A Conversational Iceberg. SAGE Research Methods Community. https://researchmethodscommunity.sagepub.com/blog/unstructured-interviews-a-conversational-iceberg “In the best conversations, you don’t even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in …

Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway – An Immigrants Mother’s Fight to Take Her Children Back

Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway – An Immigrants Mother’s Fight to Take Her Children Back Azher Hameed Qamar The movie Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway is a story of an immigrant mother whose two young children were taken away by the Norwegian foster care system and legal machinery, and she fights hard to win back custody the …

Scholars At Risk — Protecting Academic Capital to Benefit Academia

Scholars At Risk — Protecting Academic Capital to Benefit Academia: A Talk with a Scholar Azher Hameed Qamar This commentary is based on an interview with a scholar who was recruited in Sweden as part of the Scholar at Risk initiative. The discussion revealed the challenges associated with utilizing scholars as academic capital to benefit …

An Interdisciplinary Paradigm of Mother-Child Health Needs

An Interdisciplinary Paradigm of Mother-Child Health Needs Azher Hameed Qamar Background Health coverage is an important issue that public and private healthcare organization face while struggling to provide quality healthcare services to the targeted population. An effective coverage is defined as “the proportion of a population in need of a service that had a positive …

The Doll’s Marriage: An Ethnographic Encounter with Rural Children and Childhood

Azher Hameed Qamar – Dec 14, 2022 This article was originally published at Sage Method Space. Methodspace is focusing on Creative, Arts-Based, and Visual Methods in December 2022. In this post Dr. Qamar discusses the use and interpretation of photographic data. To learn more about his research, see these recent SAGE journal articles: Social Value …