About
Noorzehra Zaidi is an Assistant Professor of History, with a specialization in Modern Middle East and South Asian History.Research interests
Pilgrimage, sectarianism, Shia Islam, gender and ritual in the Modern Middle East and South Asia.Teaching interests
Modern Middle East History, Modern South Asia, Women and Gender, Religious Movements, Social HistoryEducation
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Ph D, History
— University of Pennsylvania (2015) Making Spaces Sacred: The Sayyeda Zaynab and Bibi Pak Daman Shrines and the Construction of Modern Shi'a Identity
- BA, Political Science and History — Columbia University (2007)