Degree

BS (Social Sciences & Liberal Arts)

Faculty / School

School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)

Department

Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Date of Award

Fall 2020

Date of Submission

2020-10-01

Advisor

Dr. Ali Gibran Siddiqui, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences

Project Type

SSLA Culminating Experience

Access Type

Restricted Access

Keywords

Grief, Identity, Memory, Oral History

Abstract

This project explores the relation between memory, grief, and identity as experienced by Shia Muslims living in Pakistan. Both grief and memory play a critical role in the development of Shia identity, and this identity takes on a very specific set of meanings within the context of a Sunni-majority country like Pakistan. The projects intends to explore how the religious identity of Shia Muslims is developed in relation to their religious and social past, present, and future.

Pages

68

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