Item Details

coverage

Winston-Salem (N.C.)

creator

Stewart, Kenly

Faizi, Nailja

date

2019-11-07T14:39:39Z

2019-11-07T14:39:39Z

2017-12-06

2019-11-07 (issued)

description

Nailja Faizi received her B.A. (2014) in Religious Studies from Wake Forest University, with minors in Middle Eastern Studies and International Studies. She served as the Director of Muslim Life within the Chaplains Office from 2017-2018. This oral history interview includes Faizi's experiences as a hijab wearing muslim student and staff member at Wake Forest University, including the challenges she overcame and the positive impact it had on her as a student and a professional. She discusses the role her religious beliefs played in her time as a student, the affirming experiences that shaped her perspective as a student, and her thoughts on how the university can better support Muslim students and the Muslim Student Association.

790A Knowledge Dispels Fear: Islam and Islamophobia: Student Interview Project

Faculty director: Dr. Joshua Canzona, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Part-Time Assistant Teaching Professor of Theology, School of Divinity (Wake Forest University)

format

audio/mp3

0:41:25

oral histories

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/95587

language

English

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories (RG53.1)

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subject

Muslim college students

Wake Forest University

Islam

title

Faizi, Nailja, oral history and interview

type

sound