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Analysis
3 years of CREID: reflection and planning in Istanbul

There was probably no better place than Istanbul to hold CREID’s first face-to-face event, which took place early February, after two years of online gatherings.…

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Analysis
Why regional knowledge exchange matters for heritage preservation

With much of knowledge sharing on heritage gathering dominated by Western scholars and practitioners, a recent IDS-led workshop in Beirut, supported by the British Council’s…

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Report
Front cover for the report entitled "Understanding Intersecting Vulnerabilities Experienced by Religious Minorities Living in Poverty in the Shadows of Covid-19"
Understanding Intersecting Vulnerabilities Experienced by Religious Minorities Living in Poverty in the Shadows of Covid-19

This study, conducted between November 2020 and March 2021 in India and Nigeria, explored the direct and indirect effects of Covid-19 on religiously marginalised groups…

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Policy Brief
First page of Policy Briefing on poverty, religious inequality and Covid19 in Nigeria
Vulnerability and Poverty During Covid-19: Religious Minorities in Nigeria

This policy briefing by Dr Joanna Howard, Professor Oluwafunmilayo Para-Mallam, Dr Plangsat Bitrus Dayil, and Dr Philip Hayab, draws on research into the experiences of…

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Policy Brief
First page of policy briefing poverty, religious inequality and Covid-19 in India on
Vulnerability and Poverty During Covid-19: Religious Minorities in India

This policy briefing, by Dr Jo Howard and an Indian co-author (who must remain anonymous for reasons of personal safety) draws on research with religious…

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Publication Evidence Review: Religious Marginality and Covid-19 Vaccination – Access & Hesitancy

Religious minority affiliation or status can play a very important role in influencing people’s access to vaccines as well as their willingness to undergo vaccination.…

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Publication Co-Constructing Digital Archiving Practices for Community Heritage Preservation in Egypt and Iraq

In this journal article, James Baker, Sofya Shahab and Mariz Tadros document cultural heritage to preserve cultural heritage, to ensure its survival by pushing back…

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Event November 18, 2021
Black and white image of a man wearing a clinical mask
The evidence we can’t ignore: religious inequality and Covid-19 in India, Nigeria and beyond

This CREID event, opened by Fiona Bruce MP, UK Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom…

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Event October 26, 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Omaid Sharifi and ArtLords, mural promoting diversity in Afghanistan. The text reads “O homeland! In the end, I will build you. I will build you”.
The Children of an “Infinity of Cultures*” A Human Rights Approach to Cultural Mixing / Les enfants d’une “infinité de cultures”: une approche fondée sur les droits humains au brassage culturel

Watch again: the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, and the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), in…

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Publication Heritage practices as development’s blind spot: A case study of Coptic tattooing in Libya and Egypt

This article by Mariz Tadros, explores the relationship between heritage practices and inclusive development through the exploration of the role of Coptic tattooing in shaping…

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Analysis Taliban poses existential as well as physical threat to Afghanistan’s Hazaras

In this analysis, Sofya Shahab shares how concern over how much longer the Hazara community as an ethnic and religious minority will survive in Afghanistan…

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Analysis Who is afraid of the Taliban?

Who is afraid of the Taliban? Anyone who is on the wrong side of their religiously homogenising project should be, warns CREID Director, Mariz Tadros.…

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