Hearing the Voice From the Veil. An Ethnographic Inquiry Into the Mourning For Lady Zainab By Toronto Shiites

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dc.contributor.advisorNijhawan, Michael
dc.creatorHirji, Ali Abbas Mehboob
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:37:28Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:37:28Z
dc.date.copyright2015-03-30
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:37:27Z
dc.degree.disciplineSociology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe religious flux experienced by Indo-Pakistani Shiites in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) raises insightful questions about how and why their lamentation assemblies are modified. Although the martyrdom of Hussain and his companions at the siege of Karbala has an existential importance to Shiite mourning, a premium is also placed on the narrative of Lady Zaynab, the first granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad. I use the veneration of Zaynab as my guide into explaining ritual change within this Shiite diaspora. Zaynab was Hussain’s comrade in spirit and, in the absence of Zaynab, Hussain’s resistance was futile – her strength of mind, compassion and dedication make her the cornerstone of Shiite belief and the driving force behind the panorama of Shiite mourning rituals and assemblies. These mourning rituals are discussed through my participation in them during my formative years in Dubai, the strict formulae to our mourning and the socioeconomic, political circumstances within which our mourning transpired. Through the authoritative discourses that mediated our mourning, I highlight the ritual change I unexpectedly witnessed upon migrating to the Greater Toronto Area, how it is received by the elder members of the Shiite diaspora and the fluid interpretations of Shiite mourning within the context of ritual theory, identity and diaspora.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30079
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectPhilosophy of Religion
dc.subject.keywordsShiite
dc.subject.keywordsRitual
dc.subject.keywordsIslam
dc.subject.keywordsMourning
dc.subject.keywordsKarbala
dc.subject.keywordsImam Hussain
dc.subject.keywordsLady Zaynab
dc.subject.keywordsIslamic Diaspora
dc.subject.keywordsIndo-Pak traditions
dc.subject.keywordsTransnational religion
dc.subject.keywordsMemory
dc.subject.keywordsIraq
dc.subject.keywordsDamascus
dc.subject.keywordsDubai
dc.subject.keywordsMulticulturalism in Canada
dc.subject.keywordsToronto religions
dc.subject.keywordsIslamic practices
dc.subject.keywordsIslamic history
dc.titleHearing the Voice From the Veil. An Ethnographic Inquiry Into the Mourning For Lady Zainab By Toronto Shiites
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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