Uzma Quraishi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1102274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uzma Quraishi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uzma |
| FAMILY NAME | Quraishi |
| SIGNATURE | QURAISHI U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lahore College for Women University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A “Well-Loaded” Question
Journal Article A “Well-Loaded” Question: Pakistanis, Black Diplomacy, and Afro-Asian Anticolonialism Get access Uzma Quraishi Uzma Quraishi [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, dhad012, https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhad012 Published: 24 March 2023
Opening the Gates to Asia
Book Review| October 01 2021 Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion. By Jane H. Hong. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 280 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $90 (cloth); $32.95 (paper); $25.99 (e-book). Uzma Quraishi Uzma Quraishi Sam Houston State University Uzma Qurai…
Developing Academic Leaders
Leadership development is not considered as a core component in higher education policies specifically when we examine the higher education polices of developing countries. To fill this gap, an intervention is designed to evaluate the impact of a leadership development program in academic leaders. The prime objective of this intervention was to promote awareness among university deans and heads by adopting transformational leadership in their lea…
Redefining the Immigrant South
In the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with the recently partitioned states of India and Pakistan. U.S. operations in these two countries became the second- and fourth-largest in the world, creating migration links that resulted in the emergence of American universities, such as the University of Houston, as immigration hubs for the highly select…
Conformity and transgression in the daily lives of Pathan girls – a case study of education
This article focuses on the lived experiences of Pathan girls living in the slum areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad along with their families. These girls work in the informal economy of Pakistan. The aim of this paper is to analyse the daily lives of Pathan girls in general and the role of family in particular through social relations approach and concept of patriarchal bargain. It is argued that there are a number of intersecting factors includi…
Racial Calculations
Highly educated Indian and Pakistani immigrants arrived in boomtown Houston in the 1960s and 1970s, readily securing employment as engineers or other white-collar professionals. At the same time, they faced racism in housing, the workplace, university campuses, and restaurants. Asians were “conditionally included”—that is, accepted for their economic value but often, socially outcast. The racial calculations made by Indian and Pakistani immigrant…
An Oasis of Literacy in a Desert of Poverty
This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of educational facilities of a school on various aspects of self-efficacy, confidence, and character building of the underprivileged people in Dera Jutta, a village in Southern Punjab. Trust for Rural Uplift and Community Education (TRUCE) was initiated in the year 2000, and under its auspices, Nafisa Mai School was started. To gain insight into the project, data were collected from students of G…
Lone Star Muslims
Diffracted Diasporas
In August 1947, the euphoria generated by the creation of newly independent India and Pakistan was celebrated by peoples far removed from the Subcontinent, including among the descendants of Indian indentured laborers in the British island colony of Trinidad. Trinidad’s East Indians reveled in the newfound freedom of their now-divided, overseas, ethnic compatriots. The masses of East Indians felt a surge of pride in the overthrow of colonial rule…
Managing Multicultural Lives
Book Review| July 01 2008 Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities, Pawan Dhingra. Uzma Quraishi Uzma Quraishi Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (4): 134–135. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501870 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Sha…
Developing Academic Leaders
Leadership development is not considered as a core component in higher education policies specifically when we examine the higher education polices of developing countries. To fill this gap, an intervention is designed to evaluate the impact of a leadership development program in academic leaders. The prime objective of this intervention was to promote awareness among university deans and heads by adopting transformational leadership in their lea…
Racial Calculations
Highly educated Indian and Pakistani immigrants arrived in boomtown Houston in the 1960s and 1970s, readily securing employment as engineers or other white-collar professionals. At the same time, they faced racism in housing, the workplace, university campuses, and restaurants. Asians were “conditionally included”—that is, accepted for their economic value but often, socially outcast. The racial calculations made by Indian and Pakistani immigrant…
Managing Multicultural Lives
Book Review| July 01 2008 Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities, Pawan Dhingra. Uzma Quraishi Uzma Quraishi Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (4): 134–135. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501870 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Sha…
Diffracted Diasporas
In August 1947, the euphoria generated by the creation of newly independent India and Pakistan was celebrated by peoples far removed from the Subcontinent, including among the descendants of Indian indentured laborers in the British island colony of Trinidad. Trinidad’s East Indians reveled in the newfound freedom of their now-divided, overseas, ethnic compatriots. The masses of East Indians felt a surge of pride in the overthrow of colonial rule…
Lone Star Muslims
An Oasis of Literacy in a Desert of Poverty
This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of educational facilities of a school on various aspects of self-efficacy, confidence, and character building of the underprivileged people in Dera Jutta, a village in Southern Punjab. Trust for Rural Uplift and Community Education (TRUCE) was initiated in the year 2000, and under its auspices, Nafisa Mai School was started. To gain insight into the project, data were collected from students of G…
Racial Calculations
Highly educated Indian and Pakistani immigrants arrived in boomtown Houston in the 1960s and 1970s, readily securing employment as engineers or other white-collar professionals. At the same time, they faced racism in housing, the workplace, university campuses, and restaurants. Asians were “conditionally included”—that is, accepted for their economic value but often, socially outcast. The racial calculations made by Indian and Pakistani immigrant…
Redefining the Immigrant South
In the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with the recently partitioned states of India and Pakistan. U.S. operations in these two countries became the second- and fourth-largest in the world, creating migration links that resulted in the emergence of American universities, such as the University of Houston, as immigration hubs for the highly select…
Conformity and transgression in the daily lives of Pathan girls – a case study of education
This article focuses on the lived experiences of Pathan girls living in the slum areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad along with their families. These girls work in the informal economy of Pakistan. The aim of this paper is to analyse the daily lives of Pathan girls in general and the role of family in particular through social relations approach and concept of patriarchal bargain. It is argued that there are a number of intersecting factors includi…
Opening the Gates to Asia
Book Review| October 01 2021 Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion. By Jane H. Hong. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 280 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $90 (cloth); $32.95 (paper); $25.99 (e-book). Uzma Quraishi Uzma Quraishi Sam Houston State University Uzma Qurai…
Developing Academic Leaders
Leadership development is not considered as a core component in higher education policies specifically when we examine the higher education polices of developing countries. To fill this gap, an intervention is designed to evaluate the impact of a leadership development program in academic leaders. The prime objective of this intervention was to promote awareness among university deans and heads by adopting transformational leadership in their lea…
A “Well-Loaded” Question
Journal Article A “Well-Loaded” Question: Pakistanis, Black Diplomacy, and Afro-Asian Anticolonialism Get access Uzma Quraishi Uzma Quraishi [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, dhad012, https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhad012 Published: 24 March 2023
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Politics (3 works)