Publications
Peer reviewed publications
Lienen, C. and Sweida-Metwally, S. 2025. “French Islamophobia: How Orthopraxy is Conceptualized as a Public Peril”, Religions, 16(1), 64. Equal contribution with Lienen, C.
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2022. “Does the Muslim penalty in the British labour market dissipate after accounting for so-called ‘sociocultural attitudes’?”, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45:16, 359-388, DOI:10.1080/01419870.2022.2097887.
Ranked in the top 2% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
Received more attention than 98% of articles of the same age in Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Research featured (both online and in print) in The Guardian, one of the UK’s leading national newspapers, as well as The National in the UAE, among other international media across Australia, KSA, Morocco, Turkey, and others.
Invited to discuss findings in an in-depth TV interview on the Islam Channel.
Highlighted in a University of Bristol Press Release.
Featured as “Read of the Day” in Georgetown University’s The Bridge Initiative’s Today in Islamophobia newsletter (18 Jul 2022).
Findings converted into bitesize videos by Islam Channel and Muslim Women Network.
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2021. “Spending Ethically for Justice: A Muslim Response to the Uyghur Genocide”. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, Texas.
Work in progress
Sweida-Metwally, S. “Beyond Racism: Re-centering Religious Hostility in the Conceptualization of Islamophobia.” (Revise and Resubmit—Ethnicities)
Tekeste, M., Sweida-Metwally, S., Ozbilgin, M., and Frimpong, J.A. “A Critical Review of Workplace Equality” (Revise and Resubmit—Academy of Management Collection)
Other Publications
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2025. "Jealousy for Faith and the Ummah: Developing a Gheerah Mindset", Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2022. "‘Muslim culture’ is routinely blamed for lower levels of employment – but my research shows this is not what is behind the problem", The Conversation, 22 August
Featured as “Read of the Day” in Georgetown University’s The Bridge Initiative’s Today in Islamophobia newsletter (23 Aug 2022.).
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2021. "Reflections on Allyship", European Network Against Racism, 24 February
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2020. "Being anti-racist means being an ethical consumer", Transforming Society blog (Bristol University Press), 11 November
Sweida-Metwally, S. 2020. “Why Britain should not follow Germany’s approach to recognising its racist legacy”, The Open Review, volume 6, pp. 73-79. DOI:10.47967/NNIR8436.