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# The politics of piety and secularism
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/politics-of-piety-and-secularism/
- Published: 2013-05-08T15:05:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T01:25:41.000Z
- Description: In this video interview from the Oecumene project's second symposium, Saba Mahmood discusses Malala Yousufzai, women's reform movements in the Middle East and the politics of piety.
- Author: Saba Mahmood
- Tags: Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism, #Migrated, ideas, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:36, #ImagesUploaded, #appended-excerpt

*This video is part of a series this week from the Oecumene project's* [*second symposium*](http://www.oecumene.eu/events/2nd-symposium?ref=opendemocracy.net)*, including the* [*keynote speech from Saba Mahmood*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/saba-mahmood/religious-liberty-minority-problem-and-geopolitics)*. All of the videos will appear on the* [*Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/oecumene-citizenship-after-orientalism) *partnership page, funded by the Oecumene Project and the Open University.*

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An editorial partnership with Open University

In this video interview from the [Oecumene project](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/oecumene-citizenship-after-orientalism)'s second symposium, Saba Mahmood discusses Malala Yousufzai, women's reform movements in the Middle East and the politics of piety.