Anam Zafar

MA APPLIED TRANSLATION, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

Many of today’s refugees and asylum seekers are Muslim. Our tendency to speak about migrants rather than asking them to speak to us is contributing to a climate of rising xenophobia and Islamophobia in the UK and abroad. With an MA in Applied Translation Studies, I want to put refugees and asylum seekers in charge of the pens, microphones and cameras that document their stories. Through my own translation services, the language barrier cannot be used as an excuse for denying these people a platform, creating a more just representation of new and established migrant communities.