My name is Gabriele and I am an anthropologist studying Muslim communities. This Blog starts from my professional, ... more

My name is Gabriele and I am an anthropologist studying Muslim communities. This Blog starts from my professional, as well as personal interest, in understanding Muslim societies and, in more general terms, the challenges which we, as human beings, face in this new millennium. I think that you may want to know more about me and my research.

I was born in Florence in 1973 and lived in Italy until I moved to Belfast for my PhD in Anthropology at The Queen's University of Belfast. After more than three years living in Northern Ireland, and enjoying the Northern Irish culture and sharing my time with the Northern Irish ummah I moved to The University of Aberdeen, and started my career as a lecturer in the Anthropology of Islam, where I am still teaching and supervising my MA and PhD students in, what I call, Contemporary Studies of Muslims and Societies.