Ethnography and Archives from the Margins – An Interview with Mina Ibrahim

Ethnography and Archives from the Margins – An Interview with Mina Ibrahim

Alongside his scholarly and academic work, Mina Ibrahim is a project coordinator for the MENA Prison Forum, an invaluable global partner to the Structural Violence, Decoloniality, and Police/Prison Abolition research cluster. He is also the founder of SARD, an archival and research center in the Cairene neighborhood of Shubra that focuses on building a communal archive, conducting workshops, and holding open museums. In this episode, Ibrahim shares his experiences of engaging with his research interests beyond the bounds of institutional academia,  and of founding a center that does research in, for, and with the communities of Shubra.