Religious & Political Studies · Booth 13

Hassan Chakaroun

Creative Editor, Public Relations, Secret Garden TV For Kids

Hassan Chakaroun has a background in Political Science and Islamic Studies. His research focuses on Islamic culture with a particular emphasis on children's education approached from a decolonial and Islamic perspective. He’s a research assistant for the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs at the Harvard Divinity School. Hassan currently works for Secret Garden TV For Kids, an Islamic children's educational platform where he is a creative editor as well as the Public Relations Officer. Hassan has a keen interest in Islamic poetry, researching and translating both classical and contemporary works from Arabic and Persian into English. He has also joined the Islamic poetry journal startup, The Green Qalam, where he sits as the first guest judge for the annual DIVAN Poetry Prize. His goal is to pursue his PhD in Shi’a Studies where he hopes to explore the life and efforts of the scholar, Sheikh Baha al-Din al-Amili.