Embodying sufism: the spiritual culture of third gender (khwaja sira) communities in Pakistan

Jaffer, Amen (2022) Embodying sufism: the spiritual culture of third gender (khwaja sira) communities in Pakistan. South Asia @ LSE (08 Apr 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Khwaja Sira is the term for the ‘third gender’ community in Pakistan. As in many other nations around the world, they have been systematically marginalised in Pakistan too. Although their rights and identity were recently recognised in law, the implementation of the legal provisions remains patchy. Amen Jaffer, however, shows how the khwaja siras have for long been opting into the praxis of the spiritually-venerated sufi culture to carve out a space for themselves amid the mores and structures of Pakistani society.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2022 09:57
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:43
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116832

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