Saleha Anwar

Saleha Anwar is a member of the Acton Institute’s 2023 Emerging Leaders class and a Collins Center Summer Fellow. She is a Presidential Graduate Research Fellow and a graduate student at San Diego State University, specializing in international relations and comparative politics. Her research focuses on authoritarianism and patriarchy in Muslim-majority countries.

Posts by Saleha Anwar

July 07, 2023

The Taliban Exploit Islam to Protect Their Illegitimate Rule

Afghanistan, following the American withdrawal in 2021, has gained attention for several reasons, but the most prominent among them is the Taliban’s exploitation of Islam to suppress women and legitimize their illegitimate hold on power. Continue Reading...