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Faizi, Nailja, oral history and interview

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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

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