Islamophobia in Everyday Racial Encounters in Barcelona : The Emotional Impact on Maghrebi Communities in Spain
Rodríguez Reche, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural)

Data:	2025
Resum:	This article explores Islamophobia in everyday racial encounters in Barcelona and its emotional impact on Maghrebi communities in Spain. The rejection of Maghrebi individuals-primarily from Morocco-remains a persistent form of racism and anti-Muslim sentiment in the Spanish context. This racialization process relies on visible and stereotypical markers that reproduce colonial and essentialist representations of the "Moor. " Drawing on 26 in-depth interviews with racialized youth (both Muslim and non-Muslim), the study analyses how daily experiences of Islamophobia in public and shared urban spaces shape emotional responses. These range from discomfort and fear to resilience, agency, and resistance. The findings highlight how intersecting systems of power-race, gender, and religion-structure emotional experiences and access to public space in Barcelona. Ultimately, this research underscores the importance of lived experience in exposing and challenging structural Islamophobia and racism in Spain, contributing to broader debates on racialization, urban exclusion, and the emotional dimensions of everyday discrimination.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Nota:	This research was conducted within the framework of the project MIXED_YOUTH (CSO2015-63962-R), Sociability and Identity Processes of the Children of Mixed Unions: Mixedness Between Inclusion and Social Constraint, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. I would also like to acknowledge the support received through the Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities and the European Union\u2014Next Generation EU Recovery Plan. Finally, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to all the participants who generously shared their time and experiences, without whom this research would not have been possible.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Emotions ; Everyday racism ; Islamophobia ; Mixedness ; Racial encounters ; Spain
Publicat a:	Sociology Compass, Vol. 19 Núm. 7 (july 2025) , p. e70091, ISSN 1751-9020

DOI: 10.1111/soc4.70091

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