{"id":18833,"date":"2023-08-24T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/?p=18833"},"modified":"2025-03-24T11:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T02:38:16","slug":"%e8%91%89-%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a5%e3%83%9f%e3%83%83%e3%83%92-%e3%83%9e%e3%83%aa%e3%83%ac%e3%83%bc%e3%83%8a-%e5%88%a9%e8%8a%b1%ef%bc%88yo-schmich-marilena-rika%ef%bc%89-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/news\/2023\/08\/24\/18833\/","title":{"rendered":"QURESHI, Amin"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Class of 2017<\/li>\n<li>Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20804 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8fe25839f7d149a033dc27ac08ce5757-610x568.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8fe25839f7d149a033dc27ac08ce5757-610x568.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8fe25839f7d149a033dc27ac08ce5757-940x875.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8fe25839f7d149a033dc27ac08ce5757-768x715.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8fe25839f7d149a033dc27ac08ce5757-1536x1430.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8fe25839f7d149a033dc27ac08ce5757-2048x1906.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Message<\/h3>\n<h4>Encounters with teachers and friends sparked deep reflections on identity, motivating my research and activism.<\/h4>\n<p>My personal, spiritual, and academic journey was influenced by the inspiring people I met at SILS. One of them was a professor who encouraged me to study abroad in Pakistan, my father\u2019s home country, where I could explore my identity. She also supported me in pursuing further graduate studies at Waseda and Harvard after graduation. Another was a friend who shared my mixed heritage of being half-Japanese and half-Pakistani, who helped me overcome my prejudice against Muslims. These interactions sparked and shaped my interests in identity, philosophy, and religion, which I pursued in both graduate schools.<\/p>\n<p>These interests have not only fueled my personal growth but also inspired me to give back to my community through frequent public talks and helping establish youth groups. I aspire for a future where my skills and knowledge will affect more positive changes for others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">This content is as of the time of issuance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/fire\/sils\/en\/applicants\/voice\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School<br \/>Class of 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[114,159,130],"class_list":["post-18833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alumni-report-en","tag-graduate-school-en","tag-voice-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22181,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18833\/revisions\/22181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}