Abdul Wahid, a Pakistani doctoral student at the University of Oxford. Wahid grew up in a small village in northern Pakistan, in a close-knit Ismaili Muslim community. He describes his religious upbringing and the role of the Jamatkhana (Ismaili mosque) in his daily life. Abdul Wahid experienced some challenges practising his Ismaili faith openly while attending boarding schools, as there was sometimes misunderstanding and a lack of acceptance from the Sunni Muslim majority. Abdul Wahid spent time as an exchange student in the U.S. during his teenage years, which exposed him to greater diversity but also some Islamophobia in the aftermath of 9/11.
