Dr. Reyhan Şahin is a linguist and semiotician whose interdisciplinary research covers Islam, gender and migration. Her doctoral thesis on the meaning of the Muslim headscarf, “Die Bedeutung des muslimischen Kopftuchs”, won the German Study Prize. At Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg she is working on her habilitation on racism, right-wing extremism, Islam and gender. Her books “Yalla, Feminismus!” (2019) and, most recently, “Amazonenbrüste” (2025) were published by Tropen. As Lady Bitch Ray she is considered a pioneer of (queer-)feminist rap in Germany. In 2006 she introduced the word “bitch” into German rap as a self-empowering term. She also works as a performance artist, fashion designer, actress and educator.