Susan Carland Biography
Susan Carland is an Australian professor, author, and television presenter most recognized for her consistent media appearances on her academic specialty of women in Islam.
How old is Susan Carland? – Age
She is 43 years old as of 2022. She was born in 1980 in Melbourne, Australia. Her real name is Susan Janet Carland.
Susan Carland Education
She went to public schools. Ballet was one of her favorite recreational activities as a child, which she pursued beginning at the age of seven. She was raised as a Baptist and Uniting Church Christian, but eventually converted to Sunni Islam and speaks fondly of her background.
Carland earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree from Monash University. She also earned a doctorate from Monash in 2015, with a dissertation on Muslim women overcoming misogyny within their own traditions and communities.
Susan Carland Husband
In 2002, Carland married Waleed Aly. They live in Melbourne with their two children.
Susan Carland Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Susan Carlnd Religion
Carland turned to Sunni Islam when he was 19 years old. She became more interested in religion and eventually converted during her freshman year of university.
Susan Carlnd Books
Her first book, “Fighting Hislam: Women, Faith, and Sexism,” was released by Melbourne University Publishing, and she has also had books published by Oxford University Press and Brill. Susan has given talks about her research and served as an expert commentator to the United Nations in Geneva, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Q and A, 7:30, Lateline, The Project, The Drum, ABC News Breakfast, Sunrise, and has written for The Guardian, The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Conversation, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Australian Vogue, The Quarterly Essay, and numerous academic publications.
Susan Carland no Hijab
Susan commented on Linda Evangelista’s ‘full-on hijab look’ from her Vogue cover photo. Evangelista wore a traditional headscarf on the cover of British Vogue this week to conceal a ‘disfigurement’ after a beauty procedure.
Carland responded to online criticism that Evangelista, as a non-Muslim, should not have worn a hijab-style garment in a series of Instagram photos on Thursday.
Susan Career
Carland is a Monash University professor of gender studies, politics, and sociology, with a special interest in Muslim women and Muslims in Australia. She was a co-creator and host of the SBS comic chat show Salam Cafe.
Carland is a member of the Islamic Council of Victoria and has featured on Australian television and radio talk shows, usually offering an Islamic and/or feminist perspective. On SBS in 2018, she hosted the Australian edition of the quiz show Child Genius. Carland published Fighting Hislam: Women, Faith, and Sexism in 2017.