Description: Anti-Islamophobic Curriculums showcases a specific curriculum to help teachers and young learners to gain more awareness of cultures much different from their own.
Review Quotes: "> is a thoughtful and practical book that addresses the challenges of promoting critical engagement with questions of diversity and difference in the classroom. How can teachers and students come to new understandings about why social phobias exist and find ways to challenge fear and indifference of otherness, in particular, the growing negative perceptions of Muslims and Arabs in the western world? Rahat Zaidi's book reflects on current rhetoric around multiculturalism in Canada and poses the central question of how societies can reconstruct themselves and redefine their national identities. She suggests that societal changes can be brought about through enlightened discourse in schools underpinned by 'culturally sustaining pedagogy' that seeks to embrace literate, linguistic, and cultural pluralism within the school system. Her book offers promising examples of educational resources that address Islamophobia in meaningful ways, and can help teachers and students to confront socio-political realities in our changing world and demystify harmful stereotypes." -Ingrid Johnston, Professor Emerita, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta