Pnina Werbner

Anthropologist who has studied Muslim South Asians in Britain and Pakistan and the women’s movement and the Manual Workers Union in Botswana.

 

Anthropologist who has studied Muslim South Asians in Britain and Pakistan and the women’s movement and the Manual Workers Union in Botswana.

 

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