Amina Smits Akılma is a Belgian researcher and writer whose work explores Islamophobia, Orientalism, and the normalization of far-right discourse in Europe. She studied Middle Eastern Studies at KU Leuven and earned her MA at the Alliance of Civilizations Institute, now connected to Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul. She has authored nationally published book chapters on Orientalism and the extreme right, and contributed to the European Islamophobia Report with in-depth analyses on Belgium and the Netherlands. Amina currently works as a news editor and researcher at TAV. Drawing on both academic and media experience, Amina examines how narratives of identity, religion, and belonging shape political discourse and continues to advocate for awareness around structural and everyday Islamophobia.
Amina Smits Akılma
Researcher, TAV