Mariam Farida

Dr Farida is a lecturer, researcher, and consultant. She is currently a Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie university. She has also served as researcher and consultant for Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) programs in CSNSW. Dr. Farida's research sits at the intersection of Middle East politics, non-state groups, terrorism, and political violence. Her work primarily focuses on non-state actors' recruitment, mobilisation, and ideology. She has published on religion and politics, non-state actors identity building, and popular culture in relation to a range of contexts, and has a particular interest in understanding the function and impact of identity construction in popular, political, and religious discourses. Dr Farida has conducted field work studies on the recruitment and mobilisation of Hizbullah in Lebanon. Her research has been published in journals such as International Review for Social Research, Journal for Policing, Intelligence, and Counter Terrorism, and Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics. She is also the author of Religion and Hezbollah: Political Ideology and Legitimacy (Routledge 2020).