February 19, 2025
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Mohammad Nabeel Jafri is the recipient of the 2024 S.S. Pirzada Prize in Pakistan Studies. Many congratulations to him for his dissertation, Orating Knowledge: Urdu Shiʿi Khiṭābat in Contemporary Karachi (University of Toronto, 2024). Congratulations also to the recipients of two Honorable Mentions: Dr. Hadia Akhtar Khan for her dissertation, For the Family, By the Family: Migration and “Betterment” in Rural Pakistan (University of Toronto, 2024), and Dr. Faiza Rahman for her dissertation, Islamic Period: Menstruation and Muslims in Pakistan (Emory University, 2024). Read more HERE