Dr Yasser Arafath

P.K. Yasser Arafath is a historian of medieval and early modern India. His research primarily focuses on Kerala, and the areas of his interests include its intellectual traditions, Arabi-Malayalam literature, history of violence, Indian Ocean communities and the cultural history of the body and hygiene. His research papers and essays are published in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals that include the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Economic and Political Weekly, Social Scientist, The Medieval History Journal, and The Indian Economic and Social History Review. He regularly writes for newspapers and popular magazines and his articles are published in The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Telegraph, Deccan Chronicle, The Asian Age, The Wire, Madhyamam, Deshabhimani and Mathrubhumi. Simon & Schuster has recently published his co-edited book (with Prof. G. Arunima), titled The Hijab: Islam, Women, and the Politics of Clothing (2022). His first book (with Haris Qadeer), Sultana's Sisters: Gender, Genres, and Histories in South Asian Muslim Women's Fiction, was published by Routledge in 2021. He was the L.M. Singhvi Visiting Fellow at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, in 2017.