Markha G Valenta is an interdisciplinary researcher at the Free University Amsterdam. Her current work examines relations between Muslims and the nation-state in the West. She also has written recently on religion and postmodernism, the transformation of intellectuals through globalization, emergent transnational political forms, and the politics of visual violence.

Recent articles

As the Dutch parliament considers banning the burka from all public spaces, a measure that would apply to fifty or so women in total, Markha Valenta explores how a piece of clothing is disturbing the Netherlands' tradition of tolerance.