Sheheen holds a Masters in Modern Middle East from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where his thesis focussed on a decolonial analysis of Persian Gulf piracy in the early nineteenth century. His doctoral thesis demonstrates the possibility of Islamism as a counter-hegemonic movement against forms of racialized governmentality in the context of Muslim political subjectivity in India in relation to Brahminism. His research interests and writings cover Islamophobia, decoloniality, South Asian studies, and speculative fiction.