Other Writings

My research examines how young people and their families engage race, religion, and education to achieve justice and liberation. If you have trouble accessing any of these writings, please email me.

Rahman, S & Johnson, W. F. (2026). “Theories about Blackness in Education: Amplifying the Black Radical Tradition as a Path Toward Black Educational Futures.” In Liberation and Education: Perspectives on Black Educational Thought, edited by Ronald E. Chennault and Derrick P. Alridge. Rutgers University Press.

Rahman, S. (2025). Living and Learning Islam in Black America: Education and Self-Determination in the Dar-ul-Islam Movement. Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

Rahman, S. (2025). A Liberatory Geography of Educational Possibility: Black Internationalism and Islamic Educational Spaces in Senegal. Anthropology & Education Quarterly.

Rahman, S., & Johnson, W. F. (2025). Researching in Black Education Spaces: Contemplating the Consequentiality of the Research Site in Qualitative Education Research.  International Journal of Qualitative Methods.

Rahman, S. & Johnson, W. F. (2023). Within and Beyond Public Education: Black Communities’ Historical and Contemporary Struggles in Pursuit of Educational Justice. Journal of Negro Education.

Rahman, S. (2023). From American to Cisse: Sufism and the Remaking of Diasporic Ties Across the Atlantic. Africa.

Rahman, S. (2020). Black Muslim Brilliance: Countering Antiblackness and Islamophobia through Transnational Educational Migration. Curriculum Inquiry.

A photo of a man with children standing outdoors in front of a brick wall, holding trophies. The children are wearing traditional Islamic attire and head coverings. The photo is part of a collection titled 'Dar-ul-Islam Movement Collection,' and the
A collage with two photographs. The left shows a young girl holding a sign or poster in a classroom with other children. The right shows children wearing striped shirts and skullcaps seated at a table in a classroom, listening to a teacher at the bla
Two black and white photographs, one showing a woman and two children sitting on the floor playing with toys, the other depicting a group of people sitting outdoors in a circle, engaged in discussion or teaching. The photos are part of a collection t
Graphic for a journal article titled "A Liberatory Geography of Educational Possibility," written by Samiha Rahman published in Anthropology & Education Quarterly. Subtitle is Black Internationalism and Islamic Educational Spaces in Senegal
Quote by Rahman about the perspectives of Black American Muslim parents who sent their children to an Islamic school in a pan-African Sufi city in Senegal, emphasizing the idea of liberatory geography of educational possibility, with a colorful galax
Quote over a galaxy background with pink and purple hues, featuring large quotation marks in the top left and bottom right corners, and a green border. The quote discusses cultural and physical migration back to Africa, from a Black American Muslim m