Lecturer for Pakistan Studies                                                                                                2013-2016

International Education Academy Faiz Abad, Mingora Swat, KP, Pakistan

Lecturer for Pakistan Studies and Social Studies                                                                2016-2018

Dawn College System, Mingora, Swat, KP, Pakistan

 Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Sameena Azhar

Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York, USA                               2019-Present

 

• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I., Tariq, N., & Herrera, M.M.G. (2022). “Having a guru is like having a license”: Analyzing Financial Relationships between Khwaja Sira Gurus and Chelas in Swat, Pakistan. Culture, Health and Sexuality.
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• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I., Tariq, N., & Herrera, M.M.G. (In review). “One by one, they raped me”: Sexual violence against khwaja sira in Swat, Pakistan. Psychology of Violence.
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• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I., Tariq, N., & Kumari, R. (In review). “I would prefer to be dead than to live this life this way”: Stigma and discrimination against khwaja sira in Swat, Pakistan Stigma and Health.
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•  Azhar, S., List, A., Imtyaz, I., Tariq, N. (In preparation). “Our strength is to give each other respect”: Techniques for building community and increasing resilience among khwaja sira in Swat, Pakistan. Sexuality and Culture.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Azhar, S., Arshid, M. & Ahmad, I. Tariq, N.,  (2022, Nov.). Perspectives of Mullahs/Ulamas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on Khawaja Sira (Third Gender) Identities. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting.
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• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I & Tariq, N., (2022, Nov.) Impact of COVID-19 on Khawaja Sira (Third Gender People) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference. Accepted but unable to attend.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

SAFFAR Association (for Khawaja sira in Pakistan)

 

SEEK Social Empowerment through Education and Knowledge, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Education

M. Phil., Pakistan Studies (2019-2022), National University of Modern Languages Islamabad.

        Supervisor: Mr. Azhar Abbasi

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sameena Azhar, Fordham University, New York USA.

Thesis: "Status of Transgender in Pakistan: A Case Study of District Swat KP.”

  B.S, Pakistan Studies (2013-2017), GPG Jahanzeb College, Mingora, Swat Thesis: “Life and services of Muhammad Afzal Khan Lala.”

 

Experience

Lecturer for Pakistan Studies                                                                                                2013-2016

International Education Academy Faiz Abad, Mingora Swat, KP, Pakistan

Lecturer for Pakistan Studies and Social Studies                                                                2016-2018

Dawn College System, Mingora, Swat, KP, Pakistan

 Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Sameena Azhar

Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York, USA                               2019-Present

 

Publications

• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I., Tariq, N., & Herrera, M.M.G. (2022). “Having a guru is like having a license”: Analyzing Financial Relationships between Khwaja Sira Gurus and Chelas in Swat, Pakistan. Culture, Health and Sexuality.
•  
• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I., Tariq, N., & Herrera, M.M.G. (In review). “One by one, they raped me”: Sexual violence against khwaja sira in Swat, Pakistan. Psychology of Violence.
•  
• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I., Tariq, N., & Kumari, R. (In review). “I would prefer to be dead than to live this life this way”: Stigma and discrimination against khwaja sira in Swat, Pakistan Stigma and Health.
•  
•  Azhar, S., List, A., Imtyaz, I., Tariq, N. (In preparation). “Our strength is to give each other respect”: Techniques for building community and increasing resilience among khwaja sira in Swat, Pakistan. Sexuality and Culture.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Azhar, S., Arshid, M. & Ahmad, I. Tariq, N.,  (2022, Nov.). Perspectives of Mullahs/Ulamas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on Khawaja Sira (Third Gender) Identities. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting.
•  
• Azhar, S., Ahmad, I & Tariq, N., (2022, Nov.) Impact of COVID-19 on Khawaja Sira (Third Gender People) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference. Accepted but unable to attend.

Interests

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

SAFFAR Association (for Khawaja sira in Pakistan)

 

SEEK Social Empowerment through Education and Knowledge, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan