Short Biography

Karim Zafer is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Cologne. He completed the interdisciplinary master's degree "Culture and Environment in Africa" in 2016 at the University of Cologne. He wrote his master thesis on "Perceptions of Sexual Harassment and the Islamic religious discourses in Cairo".

His current research focuses on Arab and Muslim unaccompanied minor and youth refugees in Germany and their "Making a Family" process. 

Thematic Interests and Regional Focus

Forced Migration Studies, Islam, Kinship.

Middle East, Europe.

Courses and Seminars

WS.19/20: Anthropology of forced migration

SS.19: Politischer und gelebter Islam in Ägypten

WS. 18/19: Flucht, Familie und Migration