Mostafà Shaimi

Mostafà Shaimi is associate professor in the University of Girona’s (UdG) Department of Education. Holder of a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, he has specialized in issues related to racism, religion and laicism, as well as in areas such as education, social intervention and community development. He coordinates the course on Visibilisation of Racism: Discourses, Practices and Resistances (UdG). He also coordinated the Master’s degree in Religious Diversity: Thought, Reality and Governance (2018-2021) of the UdG. He is the author of several publications, among them “«Ser immigrant», una categoria biopolítica”, in Antígona emmordassada (2017); Diversitat religiosa i laïcitat a les escoles i hospitals de la ciutat de Girona (2017) or “Desmitificar la cultura i re-encantar la política”, in Una laïcitat inclusiva per a una societat diversa (2022). He is a columnist for the Ara newspaper and a contributor to TV3. He is also a member of the Espai Antiracista and the Plataforma Salt’Educa against school segregation.